Eat the skin on a pear??

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Or peel it first?

Eat it!

When I was a very young child I was an extremely fussy eater and my grandmother used to sit and peel and deseed my grapes (in the days before seedless). How long must that have taken her?

Mitzy I read years ago about the fact that the skin of kiwi fruit is supposed to be edible so I tried eating a bit; your description is absolutely spot on.

Neither. Pears have the texture of a cat's tongue

peel for a child maybe (baby definitely) but eat it myself - fiber goodness!

I eat it because I need the roughage.

Eat it.

I eat the whole lot, core and pips too. Likewise with apples. My mate says I'm like a horse!

Eat it, because why on earth would I not??

Some pears are lovely (e.g. conference, organic. or carefully grown , pesticide and fungicide free) when they're just ripe and washed I eat them whole. Those fatter greeny ones are not so nice IMO they're too acidic so I wouldn't eat them with their skins or without

But no no no to Kiwi skin, it's allergy forming and pomegranate or quince skin ?????? you're having a larf aren't you?? that would be like eating concrete.

Eat it as long as you wash it first.

'When I was a very young child I was an extremely fussy eater and my grandmother used to sit and peel and deseed my grapes'

I don't know who to laugh at more. Your indulged younger self or your devoted granny!

Eat it. It's never occurred to me before to peel a Pear before eating.

Though am weaning DD at the mo and she's trying pears tomorrow and hers will be peeled. But it's a puree so doesn't count!

Eat the skin

Pear is one of my top 3 fruits.

Peel it. Pear skin is yuk. Ditto peaches, nectarines.

Apples OK though.

Skin on

And cutted up

Most pear skin is fine, but occasionally I end up chewing & chewing & chewing & chewing & just cannot swallow it!

To me, peeling a pear is like taking the crust off a sandwich.

It's only acceptable for those aged 5 or under, and even then it's indulgent.

You can get hairless kiwi varieties (to grow yourself), they are easier to eat while than the hairy ones!
My MIL peels grapes for my spoilt man child FIL

Pear skin is the best part! It balances the sweetness of the rest of the fruit.

When I was an au pair the grandmere had fruit every day and would cut the skin off with a knife and fork sitting formally at the table.
I hate pears.

I've never thought of peeling one!? So yes - eat the skin (isn't that where all the good stuff is or is that an old wives tale?)

Eat it skin on

OohhItsNotHoxton I eat kiwis like apples.

It depends on the variety of pear. Some sorts are fine, but I personally find Conference pear skin unpleasantly gritty so I always peel those.