Eating kiwi fruit - skin on or off?

[8ball]

I think you are confusing kiwi fruit with potatoes

Or tomatoes?

 

[Poi E]

WTF are feijoes?

S American fruit, also known as pineapple guavas (but nothing like a pineapple or a guava.)

Can't describe their taste but it is heavenly. Grow loads in NZ but haven't seen them anywhere else. If you want a hint of their taste, buy some 42 Below Feijoa Vodka.

 

[redsnapper]

I think you are confusing kiwi fruit with potatoes

Well yeh clearly anyone who peels potatoes is mental as well but looky here:

Thanks to their natural sugar content, many fruits are excellent sources of energy for sport or just daily life, whether consumed fresh or in the form of juice. Most essential nutrients are found directly under the skin, which is why fruit is perfect for a quick, refreshing kick straight from the juicer. In botany, distinctions are made between soft fruits, stone fruits, pomes and nuts and tropical fruits and, according to origin, between cultivated and wild fruits.

Here

 

[Yetman]

Skin on: cut the top off and scoop the inside out like eating a boiled egg.

Thats what I was gonna say. But instead of eggs I was gonna say brains cos I dont like eggs

 

[Disaster]

I've never even tried a kiwi

I have deep-rooted psychological issues relating to fruit & veg.

 

[selamlar]

Skin on: cut the top off and scoop the inside out like eating a boiled egg.

Thats what I do, but I counted that as skin off, cos the OP seems to be talking about eating the skin, not the mechanics of how you eat the fruit.

Now I'm confused.

 

[oddworld]

I cut the top off and scrap the insides out with a spoon. A bit like a boiled egg ifyswim.

ETA - Oh roadkill beat me too it

Now I'm confused.

Thats redsnapper for you......

 

[Yetman]

I cut the top off and scrap the insides out with a spoon. A bit like a boiled egg ifyswim.

OR BRAINS

 

[Structaural]

Weirdo Mind you I've a welsh friend who eats the whole of a prawn: legs, brains, exoskeleton, the lot.

 

[D]

sometimes on, sometimes off

I like to rip 'em apart with my hands and teeth.

shlurp!

 

[Final]

Skin on: cut the top off and scoop the inside out like eating a boiled egg.

ditto

 

[N_igma]

Skin off.

I cut the top off with a spoon and dig in. Mmmmm I want one now.

 

[WouldBe]

Def skin off.

 

[avu9lives]

slice through the middle, spoon out the contents, scoff, they gota be ripe & succulent,discard the skin.

 

[geminisnake]

Skin off! It's like eating a hairy fucking testicle otherwise!!!

Thank you for that Kanda

I couldn't eat the skin but I've known folk who would vote with you redsnapper.

 

[kalidarkone]

I leave the skin on and just trim off the hard bits on each end then slice it into 3 and eat it. I've had some incredulous reactions from people who've seen me eating kiwi's this way but I know I'm not the only one who leaves the skin on cos I've seen other's do it.

How do you eat yours?

Eta: I always wash it well first

Skin on if it's organic otherwise I peel it.

 

[scifisam]

I used to pass a greengrocer's on the way to secondary school and would often buy something there to eat on the way. One day they had kiwi fruit, and I'd never heard of them before; I actually asked the grocer how you were supposed to eat them, and he said (as if I were the simplest simpleton in Simpletown) that you just eat it.

So I did, and do, except for the little mohican at the top.

If my messed-up stomach can take it, anyone's can!

 

[fishfinger]

I just bite the end off, throw that away, and eat the rest skin-on.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

skin on?
makes my tongue wince to think of it
i dont like kiwis actually. i think i had one too many acidic supermarket s when i was young and now even preparing them for my son to eat(skin off of course) makes my mouth water in an unpleasant way and gives me one of those sour faces. strange.

 

[rubbershoes]

i've eaten the skin for years and people are often aghast at it

 

[braindancer]

My friend once had a job shaving kiwis in New Zealand... apparently they are much hairier when first picked.

I just trough down on them - I like the contrast of the soft flesh and the chewier skin. Kiwis rock!

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

Skin on: cut the top off and scoop the inside out like eating a boiled egg.

That's my method too

 

[Johnny Vodka]

This is on my mind today after getting an unusual kiwi craving. Skin on for me! But then I'll always eat bits of food others might throw away - meat/fish skin and fat being another example. To my mind, these bits are often the best bits.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Top and tail them, then peel them.

 

[gosub]

hollow out with a spoon

 

[weltweit]

There is another kiwi thread which includes the clever way to skin them, quickly and easily, using just a spoon!

 

[Johnny Vodka]

There is another kiwi thread which includes the clever way to skin them, quickly and easily, using just a spoon!

The clever way is to eat the skin.

 

[StoneRoad]

can't eat the skin, usually aggravates my IBS (one or two thin slices, maybe ro maybe not, depends on gut status at the time, but whole one, not a chance) so treat like boiled egg. But it has to be very ripe.

 

[petee]

in the poll, "kiwi's" shouldn't have that apostrophe. please remove it. it realllllllly bugs me.

 

[Thimble Queen]

in the poll, "kiwi's" shouldn't have that apostrophe. please remove it. it realllllllly bugs me.

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