Why do Russians eat potatoes without the skin?
John Langran
john at RUSLAN.CO.UK
Sun Feb 7 21:48:45 UTC 2010
Perhaps the idea that the skins are dirty in some way for Russians is
expressed linguistically in the use of < ochischat' > for "to peel", which
struck me as odd before this enlightening discussion
JL
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From: "Michele A. Berdy" <maberdy at GMAIL.COM>
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>> Anybody else find this conversation a bit odd (at least in the passion
>> that
>> people are putting into potato skins)?
>
> Actually, I was thinking about how much I loved this list. I never knew
> that the question of peeling vegetable and fruit skins was so interesting!
>
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