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Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
bluespixie
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Date: April 02, 2015 08:58PM This is for fruit that can't easily be 'got at' without knives
i.e kiwis, pineapple These two in particular- sometimes it's like eating glass even when ripe. I wonder if their skin is a way of saying 'dont eat me' I'd exclude fruits like durian as that cracks open when ripe. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
RawPracticalist
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Date: April 03, 2015 04:57AM The creator made us smart, we make tools.
We make clothes, habitation, shoes We can drive for hours in below freezing temperatures. We have tools to get to the meat in coconuts, the bromelain in pineaple Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2015 05:00AM by RawPracticalist. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
bluespixie
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Date: April 03, 2015 12:51PM I don't believe in a creator.
I see what you're saying though, but I mean in a 'not meant to be eaten' because they have some specific physical side affects- like the irritating hairs in the kiwi, the acidity of the pineapple and the sharpness of their seeds in the mouth. Rosehips are another. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
SueZ
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Date: April 03, 2015 01:34PM bluespixie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > This is for fruit that can't easily be 'got at' > without knives > > i.e kiwis, pineapple > > These two in particular- sometimes it's like > eating glass even when ripe. I wonder if their > skin is a way of saying 'dont eat me' I guess I was wrong in thinking that all pixies knew they must obey the fruit skins of the world. Hmm. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
fresh
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Date: April 03, 2015 02:00PM you don't need any tools to eat kiwis.
and try to find gold kiwi if you can, you can eat the whole thing since the skin is often soft Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
RawPracticalist
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Date: April 03, 2015 02:24PM bluespixie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I don't believe in a creator. > > I see what you're saying though, but I mean in a > 'not meant to be eaten' because they have some > specific physical side affects- like the > irritating hairs in the kiwi, the acidity of the > pineapple and the sharpness of their seeds in the > mouth. Rosehips are another. The Creator has in the Universal Intelligence that makes the Universe works, it is self created. It is not the being that the churches call God. Maybe the plant put a defensive system around the seed or fruit so that it does not get eaten until it is ripe and its inner seed can be dispersed to sprout another plant. But we humans can outsmart that and do not have to wait to eat the fruit Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/03/2015 02:28PM by RawPracticalist. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
SueZ
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Date: April 03, 2015 02:38PM fresh Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > you don't need any tools to eat kiwis. > > and try to find gold kiwi if you can, you can eat > the whole thing since the skin is often soft Now you've gone and done it. Only redspixies are allowed to eat the sacred golden kiwis. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
fresh
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Date: April 03, 2015 02:41PM blue pixies can eat gold kiwis once in a blue moon.
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Posted by:
littlemermaid
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Date: April 03, 2015 04:08PM bluespixie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > the acidity of the > pineapple . Ahh I thought pineapples were acid too. Before I went to Costa Rica, and ate a real ripe pineapple - dark orange in color, soft flesh, very very sweet and full of aroma. The taste was divine. It immediatelly became my #1 favorite fruit. How I wish we had ripe pineapples available in the U.S. What they sell here are green unripe inedible pineapples .. :'( *sigh* Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
banana who
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Date: April 03, 2015 04:32PM bluespixie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I don't believe in a creator. > Okay...so do you believe in a Big Bang which dropped pineapples and kiwis from the sky? Interesting randomness. In any case, I have never found pineapples to be like glass and kiwis don't bother me one bit, even when I eat the skins. What you feel about these things is not universal. And bananas have an inedible skin, too. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
Kiwibird
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Date: April 04, 2015 07:52PM I give my parrot most fruits with skin on for the mental stimulation as it is a NATURAL behavior for him to peel the inedible skin to get to the flesh of the fruit inside. Many animals in nature do the same, including fellow primates. As peeling fruits is a perfectly natural thing for a fruit-eating animal to do, I see no reason not to as a human.
As a side note, I don't typically bother to peel a kiwi. Just use a scrubber to get the hairs off and it's fine to blend or slice up  Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/04/2015 07:54PM by Kiwibird. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
bluespixie
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Date: April 07, 2015 09:36PM I had a good chuckle at the pixie jokes
I've never had golden kiwis, I'm impressed the skins can be eaten though. How do the gold fruits compare nutritionally to green ones? Re: @ banana who/kiwibird - I meant skins that aren't easily removed from the fruit. I love bananas No problems there As for kiwis and pineapples- I have not been getting on with these.
Maybe I've been unfortunate to have been eating lame unripe produce, like littlemermaid mentioned. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
fresh
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Date: April 07, 2015 09:44PM bluespixie Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I had a good chuckle at the pixie jokes
> > I've never had golden kiwis, I'm impressed the > skins can be eaten though. How do the gold fruits > compare nutritionally to green ones? who cares! they're yummier ! actually...more folate and vit C, less fiber. Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
RawPracticalist
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Date: April 08, 2015 12:40PM banana who Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > bluespixie Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I don't believe in a creator. > > > Okay...so do you believe in a Big Bang which > dropped pineapples and kiwis from the sky? > Interesting randomness. In any case, I have never > found pineapples to be like glass and kiwis don't > bother me one bit, even when I eat the skins. What > you feel about these things is not universal. And > bananas have an inedible skin, too. So funny, maybe the pineapples and kiwis created themselves No cosmic intelligence was involved Re: Should we be eating fruits with inedible skin?
Posted by:
suvine
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Date: May 23, 2015 02:16AM Mango peels banana peels orange peels no eat, maybe good for compost. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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