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I don't think I've made a post on here about food, so here goes! πŸ˜ƒ

I'll go first...I just love eating uncooked pasta. It has such a satisfying crunch and the tomato pasta and wholewheat pasta are my faves! This has been a habit that I've had ever since I've had teeth and people are always surprised that I haven't damaged my teeth doing this. I enjoy pasta cooked too!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

I give my kiwis a good rinse and sorta "scrub" their skin (is it called a peel on kiwis?)with my palms before I bite into them skin and all like am apple. I have had more than one person audibly gasp and ask me what the hell I'm doing when they see me eating kiwis that way.

The spoon and digging as a kid was fun, but as an adult the time lost to cutting and spooning kiwi flesh from its skin just isn't worth it. And if a kiwi is properly ripe anyway the bitter skin actually contrasts the sweet fleshy insides quite nicely.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is the objectively correct way to eat kiwis whether society is ready or not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

I am ready. You are ready. I think it's time. We now eat kiwis with the ~~skin~~ peel still on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

I just rinse them off and eat them whole.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The skin on kiwis is high in oxalates, so if you are prone to kidney stones, be careful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well now I'm terrified. Am I about to be pissing gravel?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry to scare you. I'm not by any means a doctor, but from what I understand it tends to be an issue more with people who are already predisposed. So it's probably not something most people have to be too concerned about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Unfortunately you put the idea in my mind so now I'll never be able to enjoy a kiwi again lol.

I am petrified of kidney stones. It's why I stopped drinking energy drinks almost entirely. Every time I drink one I am reminded of my doctor telling me that those drinks are dangerous to drink often and part of that is the significant increased chances for kidney stones.

I appreciate you letting me know though. Better to have knowledge and have it changed your habits vs being blissfully unaware all the time. Though being blissfully unaware does seem awful tempting these days...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I give my kiwis a good rinse and sorta β€œscrub” their skin (is it called a peel on kiwis?)with my palms before I bite into them skin and all like am apple. I have had more than one person audibly gasp and ask me what the hell I’m doing when they see me eating kiwis that way.

Cannibalism?! Oh my god why the heck would you treat New Zealanders that way?!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

It's only cannibalism if you're from New Zealand.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

It’s a peel

By the way, if you run a knife down the peel and cut into it around the kiwi and then again at a 90Β° angle, you can just peel the skin off. Very easy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It doesn’t bother me on a peach 🀷

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Some of us think it tastes good on a kiwi, too. Probably an acquired taste.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah but all that work just for me to lose out on nutrients. I'll just watch the thing whole.