Why do Russians eat potatoes without the skin?

[Jason Cieply]

What about "kartoshka v mundire"?  As far as I know, eating potatoes
in their "uniforms" is common enough.

Jason

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Laura Kline <klinela at comcast.net> wrote:
> Dear All,
> As I understand it, Russians almost never eat potatoes with the skin on.
> There even the account of a female prisoner who complained of potato skins
> in the prison soup. Does anyone know why this is?
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
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