To think you eat the skin of a kiwi?!

[TheChosenTwo]

Was going to put this in chat but thought I’d opt for the voting to get a clearer picture!
Dds and I eat the skin of the kiwi fruit. Dh and ds think we are weird. It’s much quicker, I’m sure it’s really nutritious and there’s less waste (okay, actually I just started eating the skin when I realised I was too lazy to bother peeling them).
I put it to you, good people of MN, AW(we)BU?

I can pretend I am Ozzy Osborne eating a bat

I think I may start eating them skin on just because if that comment

The skin is delicious - only on golden kiwifruit though. Haven't seen them in the uk.

Sainsbury'shave them.

They are less hairy and much sweeter.

They're nice, but I prefer the green.

I've also just realised this year that you can make a giant cup-a-soup by putting TWO sachets in a big mug

This.

Is.

GROUNDBREAKING!

*Sainsbury's HAVE them, not shave them . . .

. . though if the demand is there . . .

Well I eat the skin now, having watched someone else eat one like an apple, and it has been a revelation! Especially those sweet yellow ones you can get. They need to be fully ripe, but then an underripe kiwifruit is pretty eeeaaarrruuccch anyway!

This is incredibly weird OP. About half an hour ago I thought I would start a thread about this, and when I came on to post it, here you are!

I never used to eat the skin. When kiwis first became a thing in the UK - late 70s I think - everyone I knew just did the spoon thing and threw away the skin.

But about 15 years ago an Australian lady at work commented how hilarious she found it that we didn't eat the skins like they did back in Oz, and we were all naturally aghast at the idea. But she said it tasted exactly the same as the inside, but with a texture like baked potato skin so I decided to give it a go. And she was right. I've been eating the skin now for about 15 years, and it's lovely and chewy.

Give it a try, naysayers!

I've just googled golden kiwi fruit (never seen it personally) and the skin looks more similar to a pear so I'd eat that.

Just coming back to the thread to say I tried it and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be! A lot less rough than I imagined. Thanks OP, that’s less waste for the compost bin

Have got to confess I’m a bit but equally amused at people “discovering” groundbreaking new things like eating kiwi skin and putting two sachets of cup-a-soup into a mug (don’t you find that it’s too watery otherwise?).

@QuarterMileAtATime well I’m classing that as a success! I’m glad you gave it a go and realised that the skin is where it’s at

I’m not sure I’d go that far, but it’s good enough not to waste

I'm proud of you quartermile.

That first bite can't have been easy. Well done!

You are One of Us!

I agree, the tides are slowly turning