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41 Comments
okaybusgirl
April 8, 2021
I was so happy when I found out I could eat kiwi skin and now I always do! As others have said, easier, less mess, and less waste.
But wait—-I thought you could eat mango skin and I’ve been eating it since I saw them eating it on Lost! 😳 also as the Kiwi said, but about mango—the best stuff is just under the skin!
But wait—-I thought you could eat mango skin and I’ve been eating it since I saw them eating it on Lost! 😳 also as the Kiwi said, but about mango—the best stuff is just under the skin!
Angie
September 17, 2018
Shudder, I'm allergic to kiwi, (it has to do with my latex allergy) even more so to the skin. If it's peeled I can pick it out of fruit salad and eat the rest but the skin infects the entire dish.
Kiwi G.
July 29, 2018
New Zealand exports a lot of Kiwi Fruit. They are named after the much loved, flightless, endangered New Zealand bird, the Kiwi. (Kiwi fruit looks just like the bird)
As a New Zealand kid I always ate the skin, these days I just cut them in half and scoff the insides. New Zealanders also refer to themselves as 'Kiwis', after the bird, NOT the fruit.
As a New Zealand kid I always ate the skin, these days I just cut them in half and scoff the insides. New Zealanders also refer to themselves as 'Kiwis', after the bird, NOT the fruit.
BerryBaby
July 29, 2018
There is a kiwi producer that sells 6 kiwi to a container and they include a kiwi spoon. It is a terrific utensil and no mess eating the juicy kiwi. Did you know kiwis come in two colors? Green,of course, and yellow flesh. I found the yellow to be sweeter with less tang.
Linda N.
July 26, 2018
I haven’t peeled a kiwi ever since my teens, and that was a long time ago! Lol My favourite way to eat that delicious fruit is washed and sliced and eaten with a dessert fork.😉
Magdalena R.
July 26, 2018
Nope, not since realising that the skins were edible a few years back. So much easier to prepare. Less mess !
Marie J.
March 13, 2018
My hubby bites into kiwis too. I’ve always been the cut & scoop-type. Didn’t know you could peel zucchinis! And I don’t peel potatoes and carrots most of the time, because most of the vitamins are in or just below the skin. But I ALWAYS eat choose organic. The thought of eating fruit and vegetables full of pesticides.. ugh! I mean, that kinda counterbalances the whole idea of it being healthy...
Villeinesse
January 25, 2018
How, oh how could a singular article about the edibility of a kiwi skin neglect the hugely important nutritional fact that the skin provides even more fiber than the rest of the fruit?
Jennifer
July 6, 2017
Do other readers have access to organic kiwis? I don't recall seeing them. Like lemons, I think I'd only eat skin/rind of organic specimens.
Trish R.
June 23, 2017
Why do the labels kiwis come with always warn to wash VERY well? This always makes me paranoid about the skins.
Barb
June 22, 2017
I can't even bite into a whole peach because of the fuzz, I'll keep scooping my kiwis too, thanks so much.
Barbara L.
June 22, 2017
I love eggplant but I peel it.I think the skin makes it bitter.The seeds do too.
Beab
June 22, 2017
I am a New Zealander and, apart from my mother who used a teaspoon to scoop out the flesh, we have always eaten the peels. And they used to be much hairier than they are today. Full of nutritional goodness.
Ignacio T.
June 22, 2017
The mango skin is inedible! It's new news for me. If you can get mangoes totally ripe, that is totally yellow or yellow-red and not green. Get them without insect bites black spots.
Give it a try. I've done this since kindergarten.
Rewrite your list of inedible fruit skins.
Give it a try. I've done this since kindergarten.
Rewrite your list of inedible fruit skins.
bronwyncarlisle
June 22, 2017
Cut and scoop is the only way, done it all my life. Mind you, the peels these days are a great deal less hairy than they used to be fifty years ago.
Wendy
June 22, 2017
I can't even wrap my head around putting that texture in my mouth. I think I'm gonna stick to peeling my kiwi.
Melody
June 22, 2017
Great to know this though I believe my husband eats them this way after cleaning off a bit of the fuzz. I never peel potatoes, apples, tomatoes, peppers, etc except the few you listed above such as pineapple and mango. I want ALL the most nutritious parts of my fruits and veggies inside me and not in the trash or compost.
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