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I’ll never get why so many people see a need to peel potatoes, carrots, cucumbers etc. You’re cutting away the healthiest and most delicious part!
I always peel potatos and then later fry the peels up with butter and spices, then mix it into stampot or stir-fry or curry later.
This is the second time recently I’ve seen that! I really need to give it a try
That sounds pretty good indeed! ;)
Pesticide residue
That’s a myth though. Most of the nutrients are in the potato flesh.
Do you have a source for that?
Peel contains about 40-50% dietary fiber and has been considered as a new source of dietary fiber in bread making. In addition to these, peels are rich source of phenolics and fair source of vitamins like riboflavin, ascorbic acid, folic acid and vitamins B6.
While the potato skins offer about half the nutrition of the potato meat – they still have plenty to offer including fiber, iron, and vitamins C and B-6. The skin does outrank the potato meat in some important categories. For example, for a whole baked potato, the skin has 115 calories, 27 grams of total carbohydrates, three grams of protein, which is equal for both meat and skin, and five grams of fiber. Meat only has two grams. The skin of a whole baked potato provides 88-percent of the total amount of iron. Along with iron, the meat and skin of a potato provide an abundance of key minerals that lend to the overall health of muscle contraction and nerve transmission.
The source you posted states that “potato skins offer about half the nutrition of potato meat”. Meaning potato flesh has about twice the nutrition of the skin. I didn’t claim that the skin has no value, just that the majority of the nutrients are in the flesh.
I have a very hard time digesting skins and seeds. I’m sure I’m not the only one in the world.
That’s the part the dirt touched!
In all seriousness, I highly recommend that style of peeler. It’s fantastic. I have an all-metal one.
