Do You Eat the Skin?
May 30, 2015, 12:20 pm
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I eat the skin on chicken most of the time, as long as it is fried. I don't eat fried chicken a lot, so I figure it is ok.
What people do find strange about my eating habits is that when I eat fried fish like cod, I remove the batter and don't eat it. I can't stand fried fish batter/tempura.
What people do find strange about my eating habits is that when I eat fried fish like cod, I remove the batter and don't eat it. I can't stand fried fish batter/tempura.
May 30, 2015, 1:15 pm
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May 30, 2015, 4:26 pm
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Oh my yes. If it's on a meat or a potato I'll eat it. Especially crispy duck skin.
I do not like apple skins unless the apple is cut into pieces though...I prefer not to use my front teeth to eat an apple I guess.
I do not like apple skins unless the apple is cut into pieces though...I prefer not to use my front teeth to eat an apple I guess.
May 30, 2015, 6:54 pm
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Fruit skins fine potato skins too....
Current trend for serving crispy fish or chicken skin - complete no! I've never eaten chicken or fish skin and have no intention of starting now!
Current trend for serving crispy fish or chicken skin - complete no! I've never eaten chicken or fish skin and have no intention of starting now!
Jun 1, 2015, 10:16 am
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Caveat: I'm strict vegetarian, so I'm not talking meat or egg skins ;-)
I eat virtually everything, minus canteloupe, watermelon, banana, coconut, durian, orange, pomegranate, pineapple, a couple varieties of squash. (...and things that I've forgotten). I'm also "game" to eat the cores/centers on fruits and vegetables, other than pits, like olives.
I don't eat avocados, period.
I eat virtually everything, minus canteloupe, watermelon, banana, coconut, durian, orange, pomegranate, pineapple, a couple varieties of squash. (...and things that I've forgotten). I'm also "game" to eat the cores/centers on fruits and vegetables, other than pits, like olives.
I don't eat avocados, period.
Jun 1, 2015, 11:21 am
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I think much depends on preparation. For instance, give me chargrilled fish and I will almost always eat the skin (bar a few species like swordfish and shark which have a rather leathery skin). But if it is in sauce or steamed I will leave it off as it gets a bit soggy.
Great batter I'll eat too but most batter I won't.
Sausage: natural skin yes, plasticky stuff, no way!
One of the trickiest one is cheese rind - hundreds of types and different choices, that would deserve a thread in its own right!
Great batter I'll eat too but most batter I won't.
Sausage: natural skin yes, plasticky stuff, no way!
One of the trickiest one is cheese rind - hundreds of types and different choices, that would deserve a thread in its own right!
Jun 5, 2015, 7:06 am
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I'm all about eating chicken and pork skin. These days, I have to fight my 6 year-old daughter for the chicken skin. I should be proud of her...but it gets competitive, so there are mixed feelings.
Pork skin I like even when it's not crunchy...as long as it's been braised long enough. Think Japanes Buta no Kakuni or French Petit Sale...it's luscious.
Pork skin I like even when it's not crunchy...as long as it's been braised long enough. Think Japanes Buta no Kakuni or French Petit Sale...it's luscious.
Jun 5, 2015, 9:22 am
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I don't eat deep fried chicken ('cept for chicken wings at a bar) but I do like to make pan seared and then roasted chicken at home. The other night I pan seared and oven roasted in the cast iron pan some jerk spice rubbed & apple cider vinegar marinated chicken thighs to put over a vegetable & couscous salad. The skin, which is minimal, was crisp and flavorful. I make this once or twice a month.
I can only eat thin skinned fruits because of a digestive disorder but I love empire apples and will eat fresh tomatoes like they're an apple or pop cherry tomatoes like they're candy.
Not a huge fan of seared fish skin.
I can only eat thin skinned fruits because of a digestive disorder but I love empire apples and will eat fresh tomatoes like they're an apple or pop cherry tomatoes like they're candy.
Not a huge fan of seared fish skin.
Jun 8, 2015, 3:58 pm
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Okay, some of those are just to tough too remove, although as a toddler I'm told I insisted my father remove skin from grapes before I would eat them. Come to think of it, if someone would do that for me sixty years later, I wouldn't turn it down.
Some of the skins I won't eat:
sweet potato, cucumber, apple, chicken, eggplant, turnip.
Some of the skins nobody eats (correct me if I'm wrong):
banana (although I did try smoking it in the 60's - thank you Donavan), winter squash.
Some of the skins I won't eat:
sweet potato, cucumber, apple, chicken, eggplant, turnip.
Some of the skins nobody eats (correct me if I'm wrong):
banana (although I did try smoking it in the 60's - thank you Donavan), winter squash.
