I mean technically you're supposed to be able to eat the brown fuzzy skin on kiwis but I'm not going to be doing that
You're missing out! Kiwis are great to eat whole. Way less messy as well (no need to dirty a knife or a spoon to eat them). Plus as an added bonus you get to freak out people who don't know that you can eat the skin!
I once ate a whole kiwi in front of my wife. That's the closest we ever came to getting a divorce.
She stayed with you even though you're a cannibal - that's the kind of devotion you rarely see any more these days.
That must be one rock solid relationship.
Another plus, it contains a lot of nutrition value of the fruit. But the kiwi should be of better quality as everything used on the growing field can also potentially be found in the skin.
Also, slices of kiwi, including skin, are perfect on a pizza margherita. My go to pizza if I have some kiwis left.
Yeah I'm with ya! I'll continue to lick all those brown fuzzy fibers off the fruit and proceed to cough it all up like a hairball before eating like GOD intended!
One of my best friends swears by eating the skin. Haven't tried, I'm scared. Lol
I eat it.. honestly, it is delicious. Slightly bitter and sour whilst adding some nice texture.
I'll have to give it a shot
See if you can get some golden kiwis, then they don't even have hairs on the skin
Main reason I don't eat it is that it's unclear to me what else am I eating with the hairy skin of kiwi. It's not that easy to clean as let's say apple. And in random cases it causes peoeple to get mouth ulcers.
I started suffering mouth ulcers shortly after independently discovering that the kiwi skin is edible. It took some time to figure out what the cause was, because the sores would develop days after eating them.
They still have texture, and I don’t want leaves and stems in my berries.
i save the ends with the leaves as a treat for my guinea pigs. they sure like them a lot more than i do
TIHI
Pour riverwater in your shoes. It's cheap, it's easy, and nobody is stopping you.
Did this get reposted somewhere notable recently? This is the third time today I've seen someone reference this ten year old post
Not that I know of. That's just what "eat the strawberry stem because it won't hurt you" reminded me of.
Fair enough! It's a classic.
Also you can feed strawberry tops and leaves to dogs, if you have any, in moderation. They lose their minds over them!
I always thought the leaves are inedible 😅
Same, I feel like I immediately assume the leaves of any fruit or veggie are inedible
I immediately assume the leaves of any fruit or veggie are inedible
You're not much of a salad person are you?
Wow I’m literally eating a salad right now and didn’t even correlate the two
Well yippee, that's handy. I have eaten apples whole for years, the same thought never occurred to me for strawberries.
"I would throw up NOW!"
Hopefully you spit out the seeds? They contain amygdalin, a substance that releases cyanide when it comes into contact with human digestive enzymes. A few apples worth of seeds isn't enough to kill you or anything, and the seeds are apparently safe if you swallow them whole.
I'm confused. You comment looks like two different people making different points lol
Hopefully you spit out the seeds? They contain amygdalin, a substance that releases cyanide when it comes into contact with human digestive enzymes.
A few apples worth of seeds isn't enough to kill you or anything, and the seeds are apparently safe if you swallow them whole.
FWIW I have eaten apples whole for years, and I have not died of cyanide poisoning yet.
Yeah something came up as I was typing out a wrap-up conclusion statement so I posted my comment as-is. Congratulations on your continued existence!
Are you sure? Whats your source? Pics or it didnt happen?
I used to eat them like that back in the day we had them in garden. It's not tasteless, it tastes like grass or something but it's not bad taste. Definitely better to eat than trow it away.
Who knew my 3yo was right all along!
That also goes for eating your own shit and even plastic.
Could you please add a "Why YSK:"? It's rule #2. :)
Certainly, thank you for the reminder. :)
Source of information?
I made it the fuck up!
You can eat the skin on a kiwifruit too, but ew.
Oh man, I'm gonna freak out my friends with this.
If it's too fuzzy yes but there are some with a lot less fuzz and the skin adds a great tartness to a properly ripe kiwi. I'd imagine there's bonus nutritional value to boot!
Tons of vitamin E, folates, and antioxidants apparently
"nutritional value"... lol I've not tried but... sure. Btw you can do the same with Kiwis
I've heard a lot of fruits have high nutritional value in the parts people don't eat (like banana peels). But I'm also not a sociopath.
I'm pretty sure even gorillas don't eat the peals. We should follow their example
As the leaves decay they produce hydrogen cyanide. So...
Don't eat decaying leaves. Got it.
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