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Isis 02-05-2003 10:47 PM	Asides from the obvious ones with tough fibrous outer skins, I was wondering what ripe fruits I can consume unpeeled, for example are nectarines, peaches, plums, pears and tomatoes okay unpeeled? I spent close to three minutes trying to peel a ripe plum today and it wasn't pretty! I need to know this (even if they are organic) because apparently the fibre of fruit skins can irritate the intestinal linning (and I have a bowel disorder). These fruits are quite soft when they are ripe so peeling is not easy and the skin is too fragile to try to use your fingers to scrape them off etc. Thanks
Wai 02-07-2003 03:49 PM	quote: what ripe fruits I can consume unpeeled i'm sorry, but ALL fruits should be peeled; they all contain hamrful pesticides in the skin... quote: I spent close to three minutes trying to peel a ripe plum today and it wasn't pretty! ... These fruits are quite soft when they are ripe so peeling is not easy and the skin is too fragile to try to use your fingers to scrape them off etc. there are litle practical devices that you can use... eg: there are peeling devices for potatoes that enable you to slice off a very regular thin slice of peel. You can use these for apricots, peaches and kiwis as well...
Isis 02-07-2003 03:56 PM	Thanks Wai
Isis 02-21-2003 05:29 AM	You know I complained about how long it takes to peel every fruit and you told me to get a 'sensitive' fruit peeler? Well I did and it is fantastic!!! I also made other adjustments, like I now buy BIGGER and FIRMER tomatoes (I decided to give tomatoes another try, just in case I did not have an intolerance as suspected) and because they are so big and firm, they are quite easy to peel. It also peels the cucumber beautifully! The only thing I have not been able to bring myself to peel is sharon fruit. It's impossible!...well, not quite, but hey! Oh, another one I hate peeling because they are sooo tiny to start off with...are plums. I mean, there's nothing left by the time I finish. So what I do now is throw the whole thing into my mouth, chew, swallow the flesh and spit out bits of the skin. It's gross, so I don't do it in public, but eat the whole darn thing! lol Thank you very much for your wonderful advise.
jay 02-21-2003 10:12 AM	I have two peelers one with a narrow slot that peels very thinly and one with a wider slot for thicker skins especially pears. The skins of most fruit contain natural insecticides. The nurseries that supply organic fruit growers breed their trees to have more of these insecticides in the skin. If you want to eat the skin you will get the lowest amount of insecticide if you buy from growers who use non-persistent insecticide sprays. They use pesticides that wash off easily, they have to respray the trees every time it rains and about every three days because of the dew. This is labour intensive and these fruit are nearly as expensive as organic and in my experience taste better than organic fruit do when eaten with the skins on. You have to buy them from the orchard, they are not sold in shops but you can get them in the UK by mail order in 20 pound (9kg) boxes.
Isis 02-21-2003 01:27 PM	quote: You have to buy them from the orchard, they are not sold in shops but you can get them in the UK by mail order in 20 pound (9kg) boxes VERY interesting. You don't happen to have their telephone number or website addy, do you? It's something I'd like to check out, especially for plums (my staple). ta!
jay 04-09-2003 11:13 AM	Crapes Fruit Farm, Aldham, Essex is mentioned on numerous websites with full address if you want it. I have bought many varieties of apple from them but the soft fruit like plums is not available by mail order. I am sure there must be similar orchards in most countries.
jhonyl 05-23-2003 08:59 AM	Hi, Peeling the fruits is time consuming for me. Maybe I am not an expert of the peeling method that I use, or maybe I just need to find some good peeling method. Please suggest me a good way to peel my fruits. By the way, I heard once that the skin of the fruits has most of the vitamins. Do I really have to peel them? Or maybe they could be cleaned in some other way? Usually people wash the fruits. ( Some with water, some with sope and water, and some soak the fruits in the water )
benzapp 05-23-2003 09:01 AM	You can't peel tomatos with a knife, you have to have a peeler. Tomatoes are tough, but it will get better with practice. Also, while it is important to peel them for the sample diet, I find I don't have a noticable problem (other than some bloating) when I don't peel tomatoes. I especially enjoy cherry tomatoes, which are pretty much impossible to peel. You don't need any of the vitamins in the skin of fruit, this diet has more than enough of everything you need in most cases. It is discussed in some other threads here IIRC.