Why do Russians eat potatoes without the skin? (13)

[ejp10]

Actually, when I was a child in the 70s, I knew a lot of Americans  
who didn't eat potato skins (myself among them).  A family story is  
that my mother's sister snatched my father's leftover potato skin as  
a delicacy (from a baked potato) when he didn't want to eat it.

This was before garlic smashed potatoes (with skins) and potato skins  
entered into the mainstream American diet. Later, I learned to  
appreciate potato skins as a treat also, but my initial impression of  
them as a child was they they were brown, scaly things not to be  
trusted.

I'm not sure what the UK diet is like, but I do have some not-so-fond  
memories of a British university potato dish which seemed to be  
potatoes baked without the skin. Very odd textures inside and outside.

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Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.
Instructional Designer/Lecturer in Linguistics
ejp10 at psu.edu

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