# What can I do with kiwi fruit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472 "2007-09-17T08:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/1 "2007-09-17T08:11:44Z")
I’ve got seven kiwi fruits at home and I have no idea what to do with them. Obviously I could just peel them and eat them, but that’s not very exciting. I’ve got enough to _make_ something, I just don’t know what to make. Anybody got a favourite kiwi fruit recipe? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/2 "2007-09-17T08:28:06Z")
I’ve seen them in fruit salads, sometimes. I’ve also seen sliced kiwis used as a very attractive garnish on cakes, pastries, and such, pretty much anywhere that strawberries are used. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/3 "2007-09-17T08:40:50Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] I’ve also seen sliced kiwis used as a very attractive garnish on cakes, pastries, and such, pretty much anywhere that strawberries are used. [/QUOTE] Don’t the feathers tend to be a bit messy? Or do you pluck them before slicing? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2007, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/4 "2007-09-17T08:48:43Z")
I’m a freak in that I like the kiwi fruit skin. I eat them whole like a peach. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/5 "2007-09-17T08:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] I’ve got seven kiwi fruits at home and I have no idea what to do with them. Obviously I could just peel them and eat them, but that’s not very exciting. I’ve got enough to _make_ something, I just don’t know what to make. Anybody got a favourite kiwi fruit recipe? [/QUOTE] On top of pavlova. 😛 Si ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/6 "2007-09-17T11:34:27Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] On top of pavlova. 😛 Si [/QUOTE] Dammit, that’s what I was going to say! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/7 "2007-09-17T12:25:53Z")
[QUOTE=madmonk28] I’m a freak in that I like the kiwi fruit skin. I eat them whole like a peach. [/QUOTE] I do that too, but I prefer to shave them before consumption. But the bitter skin is a nice counterpoint to the sweet flesh. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/8 "2007-09-17T12:38:19Z")
Peel them? Why not simply cut them in half (horizontally, not vertically) and dig in with a teaspoon? ---
**Author:** ![Smith8762](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Smith8762](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smith8762)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/9 "2007-09-17T12:42:55Z")
I knew a kid in highschool that packed a kiwi everyday in his lunch and he would eat them by jamming a straw into it and sucking out the insides. Could try that? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/10 "2007-09-17T12:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Peel them? Why not simply cut them in half (horizontally, not vertically) and dig in with a teaspoon? [/QUOTE] That’s one of the three Approved Ways™ to eat Kiwifruit. On top of Pavlova and in a Fruit Salad are the other two, BTW. 😉 And for the record, a “Kiwi” is either a small, flightless bird found only in NZ, or a nickname for NZers in general. The fruit is a “Kiwifruit”, not a “Kiwi”. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/11 "2007-09-17T12:44:38Z")
I love to sit in public and eat a kiwi fruit, skin and all. It’s worth it just to see people’s “Ewwww, gross” reactions. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-kiwi-fruit/419472/12 "2007-09-17T13:18:25Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I love to sit in public and eat a kiwi fruit, skin and all. It’s worth it just to see people’s “Ewwww, gross” reactions. [/QUOTE] I would not call it “gross”, but i really don’t like eating skin that’s so furry. But add me to those saying that kiwifruit is an ideal element in a pavlova – a delight which is hardly known in this country.