Cooking potatoes with the skin
@allknowing (132665)
India
July 14, 2024 1:56am CST
I prepared potato and dal curry today but I did not remove the skin. It was sheer laziness as the maid is on leave.
But I consoled myself as I understand potato skin has nutrition. One can easily rmove the skin while eating.
As a matter of fact many items that have skin should be consumed with the skin but since it has never been done in my childhood I cannot acccept it.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
They are supposed to harvest a week after pesticides are used and I suppose we need to trust them.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
@LadyDuck There are contact and systemic pesticides and both lose their strength after about a week. I worked for this multi nartional company (Swiss) who besides other products also manufactured agrochemicals. There are fruits for example that we eat with the skin and it is expected that they are harvested after that minimum period of 7 days.
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@LadyDuck (467835)
• Switzerland
14 Jul
@allknowing Once pesticides are used they remain on the skin of the potatoes. Some pesticides are designed to be absorbed into the skin of the fruit or vegetable to protect it from pests.
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@AmbiePam (89327)
• United States
14 Jul
Like you said, potato skins are very nutritious. However, it took me quite awhile to think of them as something tasty enough to eat. Of course, restaurants here serve potato skins as their own dish, with chives, butter, sour cream, salt, pepper, and the like.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
My logic is that when potato pieces are cooked with the skin the nutrition of the skin will get absorbed and the skin can be discarded while having food. I have never eaten the skin so far.
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@pumpkinjam (8679)
• United Kingdom
14 Jul
I really like potato skin, and almost always cook potatoes with the skin on. My mum would always peel them (except for jacket/baked potatoes). The skin is good for you. I don't know when or why I stopped peeling. It's quite possible that I was being lazy! I have discovered, thought, that I prefer them with the skin on. I have sometimes eaten the skins of citrus fruits, and always eat the skin from a kiwi fruit.
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@pumpkinjam (8679)
• United Kingdom
14 Jul
@allknowing it's never too late. I didn't tend to eat skin from things as a kid. There are all sorts of foods I've tried (or changed the way they were prepared) as an adult that I'd never even have seen as a kid.
I don't know how much of the nutrients are absorbed from the skin but, I suppose, if you're not going to eat the skin then you'll get more from it by cooking it and removing after cooking rather than before.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
@pumpkinjam That is exactly what I did today I removed the skin while I was having my food.
I will give it a try . May be I can start with mangoes (lol) when they are in season
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
While having food I will discard the skin as anyway its nutrients get absorbed into the potato flesh.
Good you are accustomed to eating skins of fruits Wish we got into that habit as kids. It is too late now
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@wolfgirl569 (102583)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Jul
I never peel unless I am boiling them. Fried and baked always has the skin on. I also love stuffed potato skins. For that you bake the potatoes and then scoop out. Then put cheese, meat and vegetables of your choice in it and bake until the cheese is melted.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
15 Jul
Good to know you are used to eating the potato skin. Smart decision going by its nutrition value
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
Baked or cooked I think the nutrition of the skin gets absorbed into the flesh of the potato and the skin can then be discarded.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
If they have pesticides the flesh of the potatoes will also have pesticides.
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@popciclecold (38070)
• United States
14 Jul
I've always heard of the nutritional value of skin, I should try it since I hate peeling them.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
Lots is being said about the goodness of the potato skin
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
15 Jul
Reading through posts here I am now convinced that the potato skin should not be thrown away
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
i did not eat the skin but removed it while eating
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@Tampa_girl7 (49943)
• United States
14 Jul
We sometimes eat the potato skin. I like my potatoes both with or without skin.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
The skin has nutrition value. Must start eating it now.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49943)
• United States
15 Jul
@allknowing Hopefully you find a recipe that you enjoy.
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@RasmaSandra (78025)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jul
I have often eaten new potatoes with the thin skin on and even fried them with the skins,
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
15 Jul
Reading through posts here I am encouraged to consume the skin from now on
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@sathviksouvik (19004)
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15 Jul
I think there is food value of the potato skin. So if you have cooked with it there is nutrition value
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@Hanbinandaeyo (3303)
•
15 Jul
I tried those with skin on, with marble potato, it feels odd but if the skin was quite crispy, It just something worth to try..
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Very funny@allknowing (132665)
• India
15 Jul
Did not know there was so much nutrition in the skin. I will try and eat it from now on
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@Hanbinandaeyo (3303)
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15 Jul
@allknowing yes yes.. But atleast wash it very well and scrub it maybe just to remove dirt..
@allknowing (132665)
• India
14 Jul
I do not either but discard them while eating. It is easier that way
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@marguicha (220267)
• Chile
15 Jul
In some cases I cook potatoes with the skin on and in other situations I peel it. I have always cooked them with skin for potato salad and peel them when they are cooked and warm.
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@marguicha (220267)
• Chile
15 Jul
@allknowing I don´t like the skin unless they are very new potatoes. But if you boil them with the skin and you peel them later, you lose less of it.
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
15 Jul
Going by the nutrition that the potato skin has I will try to keep the skin while cooking
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@allknowing (132665)
• India
15 Jul
Atleast you have eaten the skin but in my case I have yet to and I think I will from now on
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