Peeling, Nothing More than Peeling

I like leaving peel on regular potatoes – the peel is usually thin and smooth and I think it looks pretty. But I can never seem to get sweet potatoes clean enough without peeling them, and ever since Donny crunched down on a knob of dirt, I always peel them.

Gila added these pithy words on Jan 10 12 at 8:43 PM

I’m with ya!
I never peel carrots. I leave skins on for smashed potatoes and I even leave peels on Russets in my Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana recipe.

Zuppa Toscana Recipe

I’m lazy, we could use the vitamins…and the roughage doesn’t hurt. (Yeah, I went there.)
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Dana added these pithy words on Jan 12 12 at 12:56 AM

Dana, glad you enjoyed it. It dates us though. . .

Hannah added these pithy words on Jan 12 12 at 2:52 PM

@Faye I love kabocha squash, it is my favorite. And thank you, hannah, for the tip on not peeling squash. I love to eat the peel of roaste squash but somehow never thought of leaving it on when I make squash in, say, risotto or a chunky soup.

I always peel potatoes, because the ones grown in the US are drenched in pesticide. I hope to grow my own this year. Those won’t be peeled I usually peel carrots too, for the same reason you do. But when I grew my own carrots, the skins were always sweet and delicious and didn’t need peeling. So perhaps it depends on the source of the carrot.

I also peel celeriac root. It’s nubbly and too much soil gets caught in the skin to scrub off.

Ms. Krieger added these pithy words on Jan 16 12 at 10:31 PM