On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:46:59 -0800 (PST), RichD
> wrote:

>
>I've been eating winter vegetables lately,
>novel for me; rutabagas, parsnips, turnips.
>The problem is, it's laborious peeling them,
>I'm lazy and lack patience.
>
>Question: is it necessary to peel them, if
>they're going to get cooked anyhow? i.e. steaming,
>almost always. Is there any problem with leaving
>the skin, eat the whole veggie?

I rarely peel root veggies, as long as they're not damaged/spoiled -
I usually leave the skins on.