To peel or not to peel?

[Amy :-)]

Howdy doody

I'm here to admit that I only found out earlier this year that you don't actually have to peel carrots

And now I wonder if there are other things along similar lines that I don't know

So I was wondering if some forumers could share with me how they prepare their vegetables

Personally, I only peel potatoes if I'm making mash. But I always peel sweet potato, pumpkin, turnip, swede, parsnip and beetroot. I don't peel carrots, mushrooms, zucchini or cucumber. I also leave the stalks in mushrooms. I top and tail beans and snow peas. I leave as much of the broccoli and cauliflower stalks on as I can.

If others could spare a moment to tell me what they do, I would really appreciate it

[faffa_70]

I don't even peel my spuds if they are getting mashed - we like the little chunks of skin that get left in the mash by TMX 

[EmeraldSue]

I do pretty much the same Amy, except I don't peel pumpkin before I cook it, it's much easier to remove the skin after it's been cooked. BTW if I roast pumpkin I actually eat the skin

[obbie]

I do the same Amy, but don't peel pumpkin..

[fundj&e]

I do the same Amy, but don't peel pumpkin..

same here Amy

but i do peel when i mash the pumpkin 

[KathD11]

I dont peel potato for mash either, I love the skin. I dont peel anything if I can get away with it! I do peel sweet potato most of the time but sometimes you can get young ones that have beautiful smooth skin that doesnt need peeling, especially if its organic.

[Wonder]

We are wasteful I know and peel pretty much everything, with the exception of zucchini, cucumbers and mushrooms.

[Amy :-)]

Thanks for the comments everyone, I'm glad to know I'm on the right track with most other things lol
We are having a roast tonight so I might leave the skin on the pumpkin and see how it goes

We are wasteful I know and peel pretty much everything, with the exception of zucchini, cucumbers and mushrooms.

Do you have a compost bin you can put your kitchen scraps in Wonder?

[obbie]

we have a scrap bucket, then feed it to our chickens. must work, because we are getting so may fresh eggs every day.

They love weekends just to go free.

[pumpkin pie]

Obbie, we let our chooks out most days because either DH or I are usually home before nightfall and hopefully before Mr Fox comes snooping around (although we have lost a few over the years) I  Have been thinking about getting one of those fox lights that Maddy seems to have had such success with, for those days when things keep you from leaving work when you are supposed to.

[obbie]

Pumpkin Pie,  I  don't know where your  live, but w have 10  chickens, and we get at least 6 eggs per day free range.

Fox lights DO work,     I sell them in my irrigation shop, after a customer in telling us how oood they were, an so we stocked them.
anyway, they do work, I love fresh es every day

[Nikkit]

obbie - what are fox lights? we have one hanging around here and he took 2 chooks at 3pm a couple of weekends ago. The only reason we knew was hubby saw him on the verandah!

[obbie]

Nikkitt ,   
Googlle fox lights ....


 they are ABOUT $86 per light, but DO work for foxes and dingoes,
all  =chickens are safe.

 But  $86 for a couple of years  is cheap...

[Amy :-)]

My grandpa just used to shoot foxes

[Wonder]

No Amy unfortunately we don't have a compost. Over the years we have tried them but I'm not a gardener and DH always found them a lot f work. I would love to have cooks but I need to wait for DH to clear a space for a coup so I'll probably be retired before that happens! Maybe once our new puppy is older and less work we can get onto the cooks.