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> "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> Ozgirl > wrote:
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>> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> : > Ozgirl > wrote:
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>> : >
>> : >
>> : > : I eat sweet potato skins and pumpkin skins too. I never peel
>> ginger.
>> : > I
>> : > : bought a novelty grater once, it is a mini grater, looks just like
>> : > the
>> : > : large ones (the pyramid style with a handle on top) but fabulous
>> for
>> : > : garlic and ginger. Its about 2 inches high. Because the grating
>> : > holes
>> : > : are much smaller it is ideal for finely grated small things. Not
>> : > : suitable for cheese (except the hard, dried out style cheeses) as
>> : > the
>> : > : holes are way too small.
>> : >
>> : > AHA! Now we know he secret of how you managed to get thin enough etc
>> : > to
>> : > be able to eat so much less diabetically:-) All that indigestible
>> : > fiber(fibre) is what is doing that:-)
>> : >
>>
>> : lol My family leave their skins on their plate and I dutifully eat
>> : theirs
>> Better than pysillium(sp?) husks! I used to love it when my kids were
>> small and only ate the inside of a baked potato.
>>
>> Wendy
>
>
> I still only eat the inside, because I read somewhere that there are lots
> of pesticides on the skins, even if you scrub them very well (which I do).
> I used to eat the skins before that, but only when they have been baked in
> the real oven. Nowadays I mostly just microwave the potatoes to get
> baked potatoes. They taste wonderful that way, too.

Why not just buy organic?

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>>> Ozgirl > wrote:
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>>> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>>> : > Ozgirl > wrote:
>>> : >
>>> : >
>>> : >
>>> : > : I eat sweet potato skins and pumpkin skins too. I never peel
>>> ginger.
>>> : > I
>>> : > : bought a novelty grater once, it is a mini grater, looks just like
>>> : > the
>>> : > : large ones (the pyramid style with a handle on top) but fabulous
>>> for
>>> : > : garlic and ginger. Its about 2 inches high. Because the grating
>>> : > holes
>>> : > : are much smaller it is ideal for finely grated small things. Not
>>> : > : suitable for cheese (except the hard, dried out style cheeses) as
>>> : > the
>>> : > : holes are way too small.
>>> : >
>>> : > AHA! Now we know he secret of how you managed to get thin enough
>>> etc
>>> : > to
>>> : > be able to eat so much less diabetically:-) All that indigestible
>>> : > fiber(fibre) is what is doing that:-)
>>> : >
>>>
>>> : lol My family leave their skins on their plate and I dutifully eat
>>> : theirs
>>> Better than pysillium(sp?) husks! I used to love it when my kids were
>>> small and only ate the inside of a baked potato.
>>>
>>> Wendy
>>
>>
>> I still only eat the inside, because I read somewhere that there are lots
>> of pesticides on the skins, even if you scrub them very well (which I
>> do). I used to eat the skins before that, but only when they have been
>> baked in the real oven. Nowadays I mostly just microwave the potatoes
>> to get baked potatoes. They taste wonderful that way, too.
>
> Why not just buy organic?

They don't sell the organic ones at Sam's club, but the ones they do sell
are excellent in quality and flavor. So I peel them and it is all fine.

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Best Regards,
Evelyn

In the stony fastness of the mountains there is a strange market, where one
may barter the vortex of life for boundless bliss. - Milarepa

"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>>> Ozgirl > wrote:
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>>>> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>>>> : > Ozgirl > wrote:
>>>> : >
>>>> : >
>>>> : >
>>>> : > : I eat sweet potato skins and pumpkin skins too. I never peel
>>>> ginger.
>>>> : > I
>>>> : > : bought a novelty grater once, it is a mini grater, looks just
>>>> like
>>>> : > the
>>>> : > : large ones (the pyramid style with a handle on top) but fabulous
>>>> for
>>>> : > : garlic and ginger. Its about 2 inches high. Because the grating
>>>> : > holes
>>>> : > : are much smaller it is ideal for finely grated small things. Not
>>>> : > : suitable for cheese (except the hard, dried out style cheeses) as
>>>> : > the
>>>> : > : holes are way too small.
>>>> : >
>>>> : > AHA! Now we know he secret of how you managed to get thin enough
>>>> etc
>>>> : > to
>>>> : > be able to eat so much less diabetically:-) All that indigestible
>>>> : > fiber(fibre) is what is doing that:-)
>>>> : >
>>>>
>>>> : lol My family leave their skins on their plate and I dutifully eat
>>>> : theirs
>>>> Better than pysillium(sp?) husks! I used to love it when my kids were
>>>> small and only ate the inside of a baked potato.
>>>>
>>>> Wendy
>>>
>>>
>>> I still only eat the inside, because I read somewhere that there are
>>> lots of pesticides on the skins, even if you scrub them very well (which
>>> I do). I used to eat the skins before that, but only when they have been
>>> baked in the real oven. Nowadays I mostly just microwave the potatoes
>>> to get baked potatoes. They taste wonderful that way, too.
>>
>> Why not just buy organic?
>
> They don't sell the organic ones at Sam's club, but the ones they do sell
> are excellent in quality and flavor. So I peel them and it is all fine.

Oh. I don't shop at Sam's Club.