My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.

(She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)

Any tip or trick to peeling them?

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:17:44 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

>My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
>to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>
>(She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>
>Any tip or trick to peeling them?

Blanching (as you would a tomato) is supposed to work well.
I haven't tried it myself though as I'm not a kiwifruit fan.

wrote in message
...
>
>My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was
>taking
>to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>
>(She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and
>all.)
>
>Any tip or trick to peeling them?

With a spoon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rFaknuUlw

Robert

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:17:44 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
I'm in that camp too. My wife insists on peeling hers.

--
Bob
www.kanyak.com
The joint that time is out of

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:38:27 -0400, "Robert"
> wrote:

>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
> With a spoon.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rFaknuUlw
Now that is cool. I just tried it and while it's not as easy as he
makes it look I think with a bit of practice I could get better at it.
In any case it's a lot easier than a paring knife. Thanks for that
link.

--
Bob
www.kanyak.com
The joint that time is out of

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:38:27 -0400, "Robert"
> wrote:

>wrote in message
...
>>
>>My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was
>>taking
>>to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>
>>(She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and
>>all.)
>>
>>Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>
>With a spoon.
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rFaknuUlw

I daresay a few New Zealanders will take exception to that video.

On 4/21/2015 7:19 AM, wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:38:27 -0400, "Robert"
> > wrote:
>
>> wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was
>>> taking
>>> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>>
>>> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and
>>> all.)
>>>
>>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>>
>> With a spoon.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rFaknuUlw
>>
>> Robert
>
> Brilliant ! Going to the stupidmarket presently, will pick some up,
> always used to weigh up whether the effort of peeling them for brekkie
> was worth it, but now...
>
I'm going to try that; it's something I've always wanted to know. I hope
it works for me.


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 2015-04-21 4:17 AM, wrote:
> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>
> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>
> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>


Use a spoon. Cut the fruit in half and slip a spoon between the flesh
and the skin. It works great.

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:25:28 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:17:44 -0700 (PDT),
>wrote:
>
>>My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
>>to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>
>>(She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>>
>>Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>
>Blanching (as you would a tomato) is supposed to work well.
>I haven't tried it myself though as I'm not a kiwifruit fan.

I've heard, so I don't "know" but it makes sense, that in trying to
come up with an artifical kiwi flavor, scientinsts determined that
kiwi fruits do not actually seem to have their own distinct "flavor",
other than citric and ascorbic acids, etc.

John Kuthe...

---
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:48:24 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:38:27 -0400, "Robert"
> wrote:
>
>>wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was
>>>taking
>>>to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>>
>>>(She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and
>>>all.)
>>>
>>>Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>>
>>With a spoon.
>>
>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rFaknuUlw
>
>I daresay a few New Zealanders will take exception to that video.

Why? There's nothing New Zealand about kiwifruit... they were not
very long ago imported from China (Chinese gooseberry) as a food crop
because not much in the way of native edibles grow down under.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit

On 4/21/2015 9:37 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:25:28 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:17:44 -0700 (PDT),
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
>>> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>>
>>> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>>>
>>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>>
>> Blanching (as you would a tomato) is supposed to work well.
>> I haven't tried it myself though as I'm not a kiwifruit fan.
>
> I've heard, so I don't "know" but it makes sense, that in trying to
> come up with an artifical kiwi flavor, scientinsts determined that
> kiwi fruits do not actually seem to have their own distinct "flavor",
> other than citric and ascorbic acids, etc.
>
> John Kuthe...
>

When Kiwis are fully ripe, especially the yellow ones, they do have a
flavor that I have difficulty describing but I like them just short of
that stage. Judging by what I remember of cream cakes decorated with
slices of Kiwi as in pastry bought in France, the pastry cooks may use a
similar method to get the fruit.


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

In article >,
says...
>
> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>
> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>
> Any tip or trick to peeling them?

Some other posters showed this "how to peel a kiwi" you tube link here
years ago and I've been using it ever since, very easy and quick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIxdS-xzXbU

Janet UK

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:50:03 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>On 4/21/2015 9:37 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:25:28 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:17:44 -0700 (PDT),
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
>>>> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>>>
>>>> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>>>>
>>>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>>>
>>> Blanching (as you would a tomato) is supposed to work well.
>>> I haven't tried it myself though as I'm not a kiwifruit fan.
>>
>> I've heard, so I don't "know" but it makes sense, that in trying to
>> come up with an artifical kiwi flavor, scientinsts determined that
>> kiwi fruits do not actually seem to have their own distinct "flavor",
>> other than citric and ascorbic acids, etc.
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>>
>
>When Kiwis are fully ripe, especially the yellow ones, they do have a
>flavor that I have difficulty describing but I like them just short of
>that stage.

Do you mean kiwi birds or kiwi people?

Some of these look good:
http://www.yummly.com/recipes/kiwi-fruit-candy
I'm gonna do this one:
http://www.barefeetinthekitchen.com/...popsicles.html
This too:
http://recipemaverick.yolasite.com/blog/candied-kiwis

I don't peel them. I cut them in quarters lengthwise and dig out the fruit with my front teeth. Works well.

http://www.richardfisher.com

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:17:44 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>
> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>
> Any tip or trick to peeling them?

I eat them furry skin and all.

--

sf

sf wrote:
>
>I eat them fur, skin, and all.

Anyone we know?

On 4/21/2015 5:38 AM, Robert wrote:
> wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it
>> was taking
>> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>
>> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin
>> and all.)
>>
>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>
> With a spoon.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rFaknuUlw
>
> Robert

Yep. Use a spoon to remove the outer layer.

Jill

wrote:
>
> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>
> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>
> Any tip or trick to peeling them?

Peeling them is messy. Here's what I learned to do:

Slice them thick (parallel to the equator - hahaha). Then cut each
slice into 4 pie wedges. Put those on the plate and eat them up to the
peel. Easy to prepare and eat, then just toss the peels.

G.

> wrote in message
...
> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was
> taking
> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>
> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and
> all.)
>
> Any tip or trick to peeling them?

I don't like them so have never tried them but I have read to cut in half
and scoop out the inside with a spoon. Or just squeeze into your mouth.

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:07:00 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:48:24 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:38:27 -0400, "Robert"
> wrote:
>>
>>>wrote in message
...
>>>>
>>>>My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was
>>>>taking
>>>>to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>>>
>>>>(She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and
>>>>all.)
>>>>
>>>>Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>>>
>>>With a spoon.
>>>
>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rFaknuUlw
>>
>>I daresay a few New Zealanders will take exception to that video.
>
>Why? There's nothing New Zealand about kiwifruit... they were not
>very long ago imported from China (Chinese gooseberry) as a food crop
>because not much in the way of native edibles grow down under.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit

You're way off there... the video was titled "Best Way to Peel a Kiwi
- Peeling a Kiwi With a Spoon".
New Zealanders call themselves 'kiwis', so...

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:37:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> wrote in message
...
>> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was
>> taking
>> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>
>> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and
>> all.)
>>
>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>
>I don't like them so have never tried them

You've got a really innovative form of Zen-stupidity going on there
Julie. It could be a golden opportunity for you to become a cult
leader of an online religion of all your own. Give it some thought,
please? I could handle all the finances for you, freeing you up to
dream up more totally unreasonable point of view to dispense to our
flock of disciples. We could be rich, Julie.

>but I have read to cut in half
>and scoop out the inside with a spoon. Or just squeeze into your mouth.

Squeeze into your mouth... good lord, err I mean good Julie.

On 4/21/2015 11:12 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
>> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.
>>
>> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and all.)
>>
>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>
> Some other posters showed this "how to peel a kiwi" you tube link here
> years ago and I've been using it ever since, very easy and quick
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIxdS-xzXbU
>
> Janet UK
>
Yep, that's what I do when I need to peel a kiwi fruit. Not that I do
it very often. But the spoon works just fine.

Jill

On 4/21/2015 7:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I don't like them so have never tried them

What the hell? How can you know you don't like them if you've never
tried them? Oh, never mind. It's you again.

Jill

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:37:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
> wrote in message
...
>>> My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was
>>> taking
>>> to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling
>>> kiwifruit.
>>>
>>> (She did have one friend who said "screw it" and just ate them skin and
>>> all.)
>>>
>>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>>
>>I don't like them so have never tried them
>
> You've got a really innovative form of Zen-stupidity going on there
> Julie. It could be a golden opportunity for you to become a cult
> leader of an online religion of all your own. Give it some thought,
> please? I could handle all the finances for you, freeing you up to
> dream up more totally unreasonable point of view to dispense to our
> flock of disciples. We could be rich, Julie.
>
>>but I have read to cut in half
>>and scoop out the inside with a spoon. Or just squeeze into your mouth.
>
> Squeeze into your mouth... good lord, err I mean good Julie.

I meant had never tried those tips. I have of course tried kiwi which is
how I know that I don't like the fruit. I have had several people tell me
that the squeezing into the mouth works quite well.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 4/21/2015 7:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I don't like them so have never tried them
>
> What the hell? How can you know you don't like them if you've never tried
> them? Oh, never mind. It's you again.

I meant that I never tried the techniques that I wrote of.

In article >, says...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 4/21/2015 7:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> I don't like them so have never tried them
> >
> > What the hell? How can you know you don't like them if you've never tried
> > them? Oh, never mind. It's you again.
>
> I meant that I never tried the techniques that I wrote of.

You didn't mention any techniques or tips

Janet UK

On 4/22/2015 12:10 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 4/21/2015 7:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> I don't like them so have never tried them
>>>
>>> What the hell? How can you know you don't like them if you've never tried
>>> them? Oh, never mind. It's you again.
>>
>> I meant that I never tried the techniques that I wrote of.
>
> You didn't mention any techniques or tips
>
> Janet UK
>
Nope. For a "writer" she's pretty unclear, isn't she? Then again, no
one expects her to like anything.

Jill

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 3:37:17 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:25:28 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:17:44 -0700 (PDT),
> >wrote:
> >
> >>My wife was rushed this morning, and she was begrudging the time it was taking
> >>to prep her lunch: especially hulling strawberries and peeling kiwifruit.

On 4/22/2015 3:36 PM, Opinicus wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:00:53 -0500, DreadfulBitch
> > wrote:
>
>> Cut them in half on the equator, slip a teaspoon between the fruit and
>> its skin and scoop out, working the spoon around the half. Works like a
>> charm and you lose very little fruit this way.df
>
> I tried this method this morning having also seen it on the internet.
> The problem with it is that there are two points at the short ends
> (stem and flower) where the fruit is firmly attached to the peel.
> Without removing those first, as the original video in the thread
> showed, it's not so easy to spoon a kiwi.
>
Perhaps you could try using a grapefruit spoon.

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:36:23 +0300, Opinicus
> wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:00:53 -0500, DreadfulBitch
> wrote:
>
>>Cut them in half on the equator, slip a teaspoon between the fruit and
>>its skin and scoop out, working the spoon around the half. Works like a
>>charm and you lose very little fruit this way.df
>
>I tried this method this morning having also seen it on the internet.
>The problem with it is that there are two points at the short ends
>(stem and flower) where the fruit is firmly attached to the peel.
>Without removing those first, as the original video in the thread
>showed, it's not so easy to spoon a kiwi.

Ripeness would also be a factor as to how well this spoon technique
works too.

On 4/22/2015 5:55 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:36:23 +0300, Opinicus
> > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:00:53 -0500, DreadfulBitch
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Cut them in half on the equator, slip a teaspoon between the fruit and
>>> its skin and scoop out, working the spoon around the half. Works like a
>>> charm and you lose very little fruit this way.df
>>
>> I tried this method this morning having also seen it on the internet.
>> The problem with it is that there are two points at the short ends
>> (stem and flower) where the fruit is firmly attached to the peel.
>> Without removing those first, as the original video in the thread
>> showed, it's not so easy to spoon a kiwi.
>
> Ripeness would also be a factor as to how well this spoon technique
> works too.
>
Indeed. You need really ripe kiwi's. I can't think of why you'd peel
an unripe one, though.

Jill

On 4/22/2015 3:58 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >, says...
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > On 4/21/2015 7:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> >> I don't like them so have never tried them
>>> >
>>> > What the hell? How can you know you don't like them if you've
>>> never > tried
>>> > them? Oh, never mind. It's you again.
>>>
>>> I meant that I never tried the techniques that I wrote of.
>>
>> You didn't mention any techniques or tips
>>
>> Janet UK
>
> I certainly did and people were laughing about them.

You didn't say a thing the technique. Just another whine about "I don't
like them". If you can't even figure out what it was you said, why
bother to say it?

Jill

I cut em in half on the longitude, then scoop out the meat with an ice cream scoop. Fast and ya don't lose too much goodness.

On 4/22/15 3:00 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:

>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>>
> Cut them in half on the equator, slip a teaspoon between the fruit and
> its skin and scoop out, working the spoon around the half. Works like a
> charm and you lose very little fruit this way.df


My vegetable peeler works just fine, IMO with less waste than the spoon
method.

-- Larry

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:02:04 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 4/22/2015 5:55 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:36:23 +0300, Opinicus
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:00:53 -0500, DreadfulBitch
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cut them in half on the equator, slip a teaspoon between the fruit and
>>>> its skin and scoop out, working the spoon around the half. Works like a
>>>> charm and you lose very little fruit this way.df
>>>
>>> I tried this method this morning having also seen it on the internet.
>>> The problem with it is that there are two points at the short ends
>>> (stem and flower) where the fruit is firmly attached to the peel.
>>> Without removing those first, as the original video in the thread
>>> showed, it's not so easy to spoon a kiwi.
>>
>> Ripeness would also be a factor as to how well this spoon technique
>> works too.
>>
>Indeed. You need really ripe kiwi's. I can't think of why you'd peel
>an unripe one, though.

Well, there's a difference between unripe, ripe and really ripe
I can see it working well with really ripe... ripe, I'm not so sure.

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:29:45 -0400, pltrgyst > wrote:

>On 4/22/15 3:00 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>
>>> Any tip or trick to peeling them?
>>>
>> Cut them in half on the equator, slip a teaspoon between the fruit and
>> its skin and scoop out, working the spoon around the half. Works like a
>> charm and you lose very little fruit this way.df
>
>
>My vegetable peeler works just fine, IMO with less waste than the spoon
>method.

Good point using a peeler. I've done it that way myself but had
forgotten about it. Doesn't take long to do and less wastage, as you
say.

I haven't bought kiwifruit for a very long time, but the last time I
did was to see if kiwifruit is as good a meat tenderiser as is often
claimed... And it is.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 4/22/2015 3:58 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >, says...
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>> > On 4/21/2015 7:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> >> I don't like them so have never tried them
>>>> >
>>>> > What the hell? How can you know you don't like them if you've
>>>> never > tried
>>>> > them? Oh, never mind. It's you again.
>>>>
>>>> I meant that I never tried the techniques that I wrote of.
>>>
>>> You didn't mention any techniques or tips
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>
>> I certainly did and people were laughing about them.
>
> You didn't say a thing the technique. Just another whine about "I don't
> like them". If you can't even figure out what it was you said, why bother
> to say it?

Yes, I did. I said to cut in half and scoop out with a spoon or cut in half
and suck out the fruit.

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 6:02:09 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/22/2015 5:55 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:36:23 +0300, Opinicus
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:00:53 -0500, DreadfulBitch
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Cut them in half on the equator, slip a teaspoon between the fruit and
> >>> its skin and scoop out, working the spoon around the half. Works like a
> >>> charm and you lose very little fruit this way.df
> >>
> >> I tried this method this morning having also seen it on the internet.
> >> The problem with it is that there are two points at the short ends
> >> (stem and flower) where the fruit is firmly attached to the peel.
> >> Without removing those first, as the original video in the thread
> >> showed, it's not so easy to spoon a kiwi.
> >
> > Ripeness would also be a factor as to how well this spoon technique
> > works too.
> >
> Indeed. You need really ripe kiwi's. I can't think of why you'd peel
> an unripe one, though.

Because I prefer underripe fruit. Except for citrus, I can't think of a
single one that I eat at full ripeness. I don't care much for tropical
fruit because they tend to be all sweet and no tart. And much too
soft.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2015-04-22 7:10 PM, wrote:

> Now there's a thought, going to have one for brekkie tomorrow and have
> one of those pointy spoons with serrated edge, just right for the
> purpose.
>
Isn't that called a grapefruit spoon. I have not seen one in years.

On 2015-04-23, Dave Smith > wrote:

> Isn't that called a grapefruit spoon. I have not seen one in years.

<http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page...k%3AGrapefruit Spoons>