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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

[mc776]

My last attempt at peeling a kiwi was such an unmitigated failure that if I had to eat one in the foreseeable future I would just put up with the fuzz. D:

And while I understand why some really picky people would leave the stem and/or seeds behind, I still boggle at how people came up with the idea of an apple having a "core" that is not merely a slightly harder but nonetheless perfectly palatable part of the apple. o_O (EDIT: Heck, if anything the core strikes me as the most natural way to cleanse the palate after the starchy sweet part...)

[ofpolyhymnia]

Much easier way to eat a kiwi: cut it in half and eat the inside out with a spoon. Best of both worlds!