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[conuly]

Due to the comments here, I have to ask: Do you peel cucumbers?

Poll #4394 Veggie peeling

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 29

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Check which fruits or vegetables you normally peel before eating

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Cucumber
11 (39.3%)

Raw carrots
16 (57.1%)

Cooked carrots
6 (21.4%)

Potato
11 (39.3%)

Apples
2 (7.1%)

Raw beets
7 (25.0%)

Cooked beets
8 (28.6%)

Citrus fruits
24 (85.7%)

Kiwis (Evangeline WILL eat those with the peel on!)
20 (71.4%)

Eggplant
1 (3.6%)

Other
1 (3.6%)

How do you feel about peeling cucumbers?

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Doesn't everybody?
2 (7.1%)

Not everybody does, but I do
5 (17.9%)

I know some people do this, but I don't
6 (21.4%)

People do this?
8 (28.6%)

Other
7 (25.0%)

Do you eat the core of your apples?

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Yes
5 (17.9%)

Sometimes
0 (0.0%)

No
23 (82.1%)

Other
0 (0.0%)

Is a cucumber a perfectly normal snack?

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Yes!
19 (65.5%)

Maybe?
6 (20.7%)

No!
4 (13.8%)

On a scale of one to ten, how often do you ticky?

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Mean: 7.36 Median: 9 Std. Dev 2.65

1		1 (3.6%)
2		1 (3.6%)
3		1 (3.6%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		6 (21.4%)
6		2 (7.1%)
7		0 (0.0%)
8		2 (7.1%)
9		8 (28.6%)
10		7 (25.0%)

Comments

[via_ostiense]

I used to peel raw carrots, but have since gotten lazy about it. Plus, the ones from the farmers' market are often knobbly and annoying to peel, and the skins aren't tough at all, so it seems a shame to lose even that small bit of sweet flesh.