# Poll: Do you eat the skin of kiwi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172 "2017-07-13T15:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/42 "2017-07-16T06:04:19Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > No, probably because I grew up preparing it in a restaurant and it was served peeled and sliced. Just never thought to try it. People give me looks when I eat an entire apple including the core and stem. I can’t chew the stem, but I do eat the whole core of apples, although I try not to chew the seeds since they will go through undigested. I love peaches fuzz and all (but not the pit) so maybe I will try kiwis whole. When we get a pumpkin, I like to roast the seeds and eat them with their husks. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/43 "2017-07-16T09:57:32Z")
Kiwis have stems? I mean besides the human Kiwis. I haven’t found the fruits outside the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![anij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@anij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anij)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/44 "2017-07-17T12:45:53Z")
I just wonder how Kiwi fruits look like in the US… It’s all hairy and I can’t imagine eating the peel… But I don’t like the skin of peaches very much, too, because it feels like eating cottonwool… Maybe I can brave to try it with a yellow kiwi… their peel is nice and smooth. By the way… I get those looks when I eat an apple because only thing left to throw away is the stalk 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/45 "2017-07-17T13:25:40Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I voted no but that may not be true. I haven’t eaten kiwis in a while. I once ate so many of them that it screwed up my mouth for a couple of days. > > That said, I probably would eat a whole one if someone suggested it. I love whole lemons including the rind. I don’t bother to peel shrimp either. The shells have the spices and add crunch. I eat peanut shells, lemon and orange peels, and the occasional apple core, but shrimp shells? THAT is a new one, I’ll admit. I’ve done it by accident a few times and couldn’t have swallowed them on a bet. Peach skins I’ll rinse and rub under the water to remove the fuzz, then I can eat them. But I can’t eat them fuzzy. I wonder if the same could be done with a kiwifruit? By the time the are ripe they are usually fairly squishy. But I’ll try it next time and report back. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/46 "2017-07-17T13:28:07Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Kiwis have stems? I mean besides the human Kiwis. I haven’t found the fruits outside the grocery store. Yes, fruit tend not to form hovering unconnected in mid-air. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/47 "2017-07-17T13:33:33Z")
Yes. I eat the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/48 "2017-07-17T14:35:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I answered yes, but with qualifications. If the kiwi is sliced crosswise, so that the skin is just a tiny strip around the outside, then I eat it. But I don’t bite into a kiwi like you would an apple and eat the skin that way. Same here. Kiwi rind isn’t terrible to eat, but it doesn’t add much to the experience. It’s a lot more convenient, admittedly – peeling kiwi fruits is a bit tricky. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/49 "2017-07-17T15:09:45Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Yes, of course. I eat them whole. Except for the hard bit where the stem attaches; that little section I toss. This is how I do it, too. I find that the peel adds texture and tartness to the otherwise bland, sweet mush inside. > [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Oh, the fruit. That’s a relief. Of course not. Do you eat orange rinds too? Do you peel your grapes before eating them? Apples, peaches, plums, dates, cherries, strawberries, etc? Do you peel each individual blackberry or raspberry drupelet? 🙂 Not every fruit needs to be peeled before eating. I do find it interesting that kiwis seem to have the most controversy surrounding them. There’s no general agreement that they be peeled, like bananas or oranges, or general acceptance for eating them peel and all, like apples. Of course, there are people in this thread who peel their peaches (and not _only_ before putting them in a pie or cobbler), which I find just as bizarre as people usually think I am for eating kiwi skins. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/50 "2017-07-19T21:55:32Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > I answered “no”, and your mention of the taste of the kiwi skin made me curious. Maybe I’ll try one of these days. Tried, and I didn’t find the skin had any particular taste. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/51 "2017-07-20T00:01:43Z")
Sometimes. I find the bitter skin contrasts nicely with the sweet flesh. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172/52 "2017-07-21T22:17:43Z")
I’ve never tried it, because all the kiwifruit I get is always pre-sliced. I’ve never gotten it otherwise. So I don’t know for sure how to vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-eat-the-skin-of-kiwi/791172.md?page=2)