Why do Russians eat potatoes without the skin?
Anna Frajlich-Zajac
af38 at COLUMBIA.EDU
Sun Feb 7 18:41:26 UTC 2010
If we are so open minded why judge people for peeling or non-peeling
position.
Let them peel whatever they want for whatever reason.
Otherwise we would have to apply for grant to establish "peeling
police".
AF
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On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Francoise Rosset wrote:
> It isn't just Russians though.
>
> I know many people who won't eat potato skins. I had a Thai
> roommate who not only would not try my pan-roasted new potatoes
> with skins (we cooked separately, so I wasn't _imposing_
> anything!), but would get very angry that I ate them, and I would
> get lectured about it no matter how new the potatoes were or how
> well I cleaned them. Some of my Russian and European friends -- ditto.
>
> Personally I always thought it depended on the potato and the skin.
> But some of my French family peel anything and everything.
> Not just potatoes and apples, but peaches, grapes, tomatoes, etc.
> -FR
>
> Francoise Rosset, Associate Professor
> Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
> Coordinator, German and Russian
> Wheaton College
> Norton, Massachusetts 02766
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