most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-22T17:27:05Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/46638 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled thatonecrazylady 2011-06-22T22:02:01Z 2011-06-23T13:19:00Z

<p>I like my carrots with the skin on. Everyone I know peels their carrots.. well except my Mom; which may be why I like the skin on.<br> I am just curious if the paleo folks are more inclined to keep the skin on? :D</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46646#46646 none 2011-06-22T22:28:07Z 2011-06-22T22:28:07Z

<p>Carrot peels are anti-fungal &amp; anti-bacterial. SO much so that it is recommended not to put too many in your compost because they may kill the bacteria and fungi that the worms use for food. So, I eat them, a little each day.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46647#46647 Albert 2011-06-22T22:28:33Z 2011-06-22T22:28:33Z

<p>Only time I peel carrots is if I'm using them in something that I want to look particularly nice. Otherwise, I just rinse them and use them. Lots of fiber and nutrients in that thin layer.</p> <p>(The pesticides, if there are any, are distributed throughout the whole carrot, unfortunately. Try to stick with organic. Ever notice how much sweeter they are anyways?)</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46648#46648 ben61820 2011-06-22T22:32:25Z 2011-06-22T22:32:25Z

<p>i always leave the skin on. It is a veg that i'm sure to always buy organic, though. </p> <p>growing up we'd never skin them, if it matters. </p> <p>and since its somewhat related, i never peel sweet potatoes and peel about half our white potatoes.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46655#46655 Trevor 2011-06-22T23:14:57Z 2011-06-22T23:14:57Z

<p>I'm just too lazy to peel the carrots. That's why I eat the peel. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46659#46659 Alicia Blogs 2011-06-22T23:27:17Z 2011-06-22T23:27:17Z

<p>I always eat the skin, although my husband won't. I was raised with skin on, he was raised with it off.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46664#46664 Eric 2011-06-23T00:09:04Z 2011-06-23T00:09:04Z

<p>I never peel baby size carrots. (Of course, they do for me when they cut them down from full-size ones.) I rarely eat full-size ones, but I would probably peel them.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46714#46714 Omnomnivore 2011-06-23T04:13:20Z 2011-06-23T04:13:20Z

<p>Carrots don't really have a discernible skin to me, so I eat it. The skin looks and feels like the flesh right under the skin when you peel it, except that it's bumpier because it hasn't been run through a peeler.</p> <p>Do the big <em>huge</em> carrots have a thicker skin, maybe?</p> <p>I think this would have more to do with how you ate carrots growing up than your chosen diet as an adult.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46717#46717 jess6 2011-06-23T04:36:38Z 2011-06-23T04:36:38Z

<p>When I make boiled carrots for the baby and she smashes them around, the peels come off and get stuck all over. That's the only context in which I've ever even noticed them, and it certainly isn't enough to make me go through the bother of peeling them, though it does help me see why it might be a step in a recipe for a formal dish.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/46638/carrot-skins-or-peeled/46730#46730 Edward J. Edmonds 2011-06-23T10:24:32Z 2011-06-23T13:19:00Z

<p>I have to admit this is the first time I've ever heard anybody referring to skinning a carrot as peeling a carrot. When I thinking peeling I think of peeling an orange. When I think of skinning I think of carrots and potatoes. Funny.</p> <p>I mix it up depending on how smooth the skins are, if the skins are fairly smooth I'll just boil them as is, but if the carrots have a lot of grooves and I don't want to feel bits of dirt in my mouth I'll skin them.</p>