Baked potato skin

[Cranky Dog]

Simple question:

Do *you* eat the skin of baked potatoes?

Assume that the skin is clean and not fresh out of the dirt.

When I was a boy, no one in my family ate it, then I learned that it was edible and nutritious and started eating it. Been doing it ever since.

Yet my mother still doesn't eat her potato skin even though she knows it's good.


Cranky Dog
"I have a skin eating opinion, international!"

[BattleNymph]

So long as it's not burned or dried out yup, I eat it.

[Mouser]

Abso-smurf-ly!!

[COTSBOE]

I don't particularly care for baked potatoes to begin with, but when I chance to eat them I generally do consume the skin right along with the fluff.

[TinSoldier]

One of the things I was raised with -- if you had a baker, you ate the skin. It was a long time after that I found out that it was good for me.

BTW, I eat apple cores, too. So your mileage may vary.

[Archer]

So long as it's not burned or dried out yup, I eat it.

The dried out and burned section is the best part of the baked potato.

[Archer]

One of the things I was raised with -- if you had a baker, you ate the skin. It was a long time after that I found out that it was good for me.

BTW, I eat apple cores, too. So your mileage may vary.

Apple seeds contain poison, you know.

[TinSoldier]

Apple seeds contain poison, you know.Sez you, evil witch.

[BattleNymph]

Sez you, evil witch.

Yup. They contain cyanide. A half a cup of seeds could kill you.


:D Hope you're not eating a half cup at a sitting there.

[TinSoldier]

Yup. They contain cyanide. A half a cup of seeds could kill you.


:D Hope you're not eating a half cup at a sitting there.Hey, like Iocaine powder, I'm building up a tolerance.

[Stephane]

Yes.

I generally leave the peel when I do pan fried potatoes as well as eat the skin if it's baked.

[marmalade]

I grew up eating the skins, but Mr. marmalade didn't, so most of my potatoes are peeled these days. It's an Austrian cultural thing, and he's convinced they're contaminated with pesticides. They might be, but I figure the rest of the potato probably is too.

[Magnus Bergqvist]

I never eat the skin (unless the potato is cut into slices and fried that way). Fresh potatoes I will peel after cooking, otherwise peeled before cooking.

/Magnus

[Kalzazz]

It depends, sometimes the skin seems edible, sometimes it doesnt

However, its very rare I eat baked potatoes to begin with

Boiled potatoes I usually eat the skin, or fried

[Nagoff]

Why would you leave the skin!? I can understand leaving the fluff and just eating the skin, but leaving it - that's sick.

[silverwhisper]

on a russet or other starchy potato, it's actually quite tasty, thankyouverymuch. :p

[Water Jess]

9 times out of 10, I eat the skin. If the skin is dry or gross, then I pass.

I also mash potatos with the skin on.

[Haze]

Absolutely. Baked, boiled, however.

[happykat]

on a russet or other starchy potato, it's actually quite tasty, thankyouverymuch. :p
QFT

:party:

[SD Anderson]

So long as it's not burned or dried out yup, I eat it.

Too often it IS ried out (mostly) or even burnt.