Do you eat Potatoes' skins?

Question

Like when they are boiled or cooked with chicken.

I ask because I never did, then went to live in the UK where they mostly do and after about 15 years I gave up and now I eat the peel too.

Answer 1

the peels are the best part they are sooo good with butter.........

i hope i don't sound tooo weired. haha

Answer 2

off course, that gives you a lot of vitamin D

Answer 3

If my mom washes them really good, then cooks them, yes.  

Answer 4

It varies on what people like. It's not gonna do anything to you if you do. But I don't in mashed potatoes. and I do in baked. It really just depends. Hope I helped!

Answer 5

love the skins full of vitamins to if they are organic

Answer 6

Supposedly, The skin is where all the vitamins are! YES, I do!

Answer 7

An interesting question! I've honestly never known that you can eat the potatoes' skin before coming to the US. Obviously, where I grew up we never did eat the skin part. That was part of our culture. I'm from the 3rd world country-a developing country. We always either peeled or scraped off the skin for the  new ones. I still  don't like to eat the potatoes' skin and rare (medium rare) steak here in the states. Eating red (not well done) steak and the potatoes' peel was just "Too Weird"for me!  Makes me no different than animal, as well as in many cases it is not so safe for my health. However, these days I also gave up of not eating the peel completely, but I only eat at home, where I know that I cleaned them throughly, carefully where they are grilled well and most importantly the potatoes have to be "ORGANIC POTATOES". I don't like non organic potatoes, because they taste like crunched papers, no taste at all. No offense for those of you who grew up eating the peel. I have nothing to say against them. It is just matter of cultural differences.  

You may also want to check below link, if you concerned about your health, since  today's potato crops receive an extremely high amount of chemicals to protect them from pests and disease and encourage faster/biggergrowth. That's all.

Answer 8

I'm from the UK and I can't say I know anybody that does that!

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Answer 9

sometimes i eat it but most of the time i dont

Answer 10

I enjoy sweet potatoes.

I'll try potatoes skins w/ chicken.

Answer 11

mmmmm, yes.  that part has a lot of vitamins in it

Answer 12

No.  

Answer 13

no i dont eat potato skin that  gross to me  

Answer 14

Yes, the skins are the best part...fiber, vitamins and minerals.

Answer 15

I do. In fact they taste good !!!!

Try going to TGIF outlets everywhere in the world, they even serve potato skins as one of their best selling starters !!!

Yummy ~~

Answer 16

As a UK person I have to say we generally only eat the skins of potatoes if they're what we call New Potatoes ..... that is they're small and sweet - the skin then is very thin and when boiled and served up with some butter tastes ovely ..... otherwise we are like the rest of the world - we peel them and roast or boil them - or if they're large enough we bake them and fill them with a filler like tuna and mayo - then the skin acts as the container for the soft hot potatoe inside .....

Answer 17

Yes, that's where lots of nutrition is.  I mostly have the skin on when the potatoes have been baked but even boiled or mashed, the skins are good.

Answer 18

I do eat the skin, especially of a baked potato.  Sometimes, the skin is treated in such a way that it has additional flavor.  But generally, even as is, it's got a lot of vitamins and fiber.

My girlfriend does not, so when we get baked potatoes, I always get to have hers.  Mmmmm!

Answer 19

Yes, sometimes I do. Little red potatoes and little yellow potatoes baked in slices with olive oil are good with the skins on. And potato salad looks good with the red skins in there . . .  

Answer 20

Yes...

Potato skin has many nutritions.

Answer 21

no its does not sound tempting

Answer 22

I always eat the skins. They are packed with plenty of good stuff, vitamins and such. So skins on for me please!  

Answer 23

Yes the skin/peel is very good for you. It has a more concentrated amount of the nutrients found in potatoes.

Answer 24

....absolutly, i eat the skins

...in everything, usually

...my kids request 'no skins please'

...i also peel them a little bit, on occasion, so i can i add the skins to my compost heap for my garden

Answer 25

yes, its the healthiest part

Answer 26

They are the best. Why would you not eat the peel? Where are  you originally from? If from the states I'm surprised you haven't eaten potatoe skins.