Who eats the rind/skins? (organic, chinese, mild, peanuts)
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I was reading about Kumquats... my mom has grown these out in the yard for over two decades in South Georgia. All I ever ate was the insides, after spitting out the seeds. She loves eating marmalade/preserves made from them. Kumquat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Got me to thinking, though. I had one friend, his wife ate sunflower seeds... shell and all. She said it was good for digestions. I don't even want to imagine what that might've .. oh lord, I am not even going to go there.
I've heard some people eat purple grape skins. Apples, yeah. Potatoes, yeah. Grape skins? Pass. I eat pumpkin seeds shell and all, though. Guess that's something.
I eat kumquats whole, I eat pomegranate seeds - they are sweet and nutty, I eat concord grape skins, I eat muskadine skins and this is gonna sound strange:
Down here in cotton country some folks deep fry peanuts in the shell and you eat the entire thing shell and all - they taste great and I suppose they're also a great source of fiber.
Those are kumquats: kumquat - Google Search
I tried to eat it whole, but it was not tasty at all. Then I peeled and tried the inside, and it was even worse. Maybe I just had a bad batch ( I bought only 3! just to try)
But if you guys say it taste good, I guess, I will try it again
Yeah.... I eat skin of apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, grapes ( anyone peeling grapes??? ), kiwi, the hard core of pineapple (not the prickly skin), I add grated raw citrus peel to salads, or just throw the whole, unpeeled fruit into a juicer, I never peel squashes or English cucumber, etc. I even eat skin of ... strawberries ( OK, just joking about the strawberries )
I eat a whole pear including the seeds ( they are really soft), same with grapes, pomegranate, even tangerines/mandarins.
But I will not eat apple with seeds, or swallow cherry stones ( well, it happen, but accidentally)
I buy my fruit organic, so the skin is safe to eat, and its not so thick and waxy.
elnina.....I'm still laughing about peeling strawberries
I peel cucumbers as I can't stand that waxy ick they put on them. When I bake a potato I don't like the peel but when potatoes are in a soup or fried with the peel on I don't mind. Fruit I usually try to eat the peeling...figure there must be vitamins and/or something about the fiber that are good for me.
Kumquats are great, but only when eaten whole. The peel is sweet and the inside is tart. A great sweet and sour thing going on. I find peeling grapes as funny as peeling strawberries. Why would anyone do it?
Kumquats were always a traditional Christmastime citrus treat at our house. I had never heard of anyone peeling them until now; they are so small I can't see it being worth the effort. Plus the rind is the tastiest part-sharply sweet, mildly orange-like in flavor.
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), kiwi, the hard core of pineapple (not the prickly skin), I add grated raw citrus peel to salads, or just throw the whole, unpeeled fruit into a juicer, I never peel squashes or English cucumber, etc. I even eat skin of ... strawberries 
