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[Shadow]

Sculpto, no one in Ukraine that I know eats potato skins.  My Grandmother never ate them, and my husband still won't, unless they are new boiled potatoes from our garden.  To explain most of the nutrients are found just under the skin is useless.

Actually more than 50% of the nutrients are found in the middle of the potato. The skin is high on fiber, but otherwise not rich in nutrients.

[Boethius]

Potassium, copper, and fibre are almost all double with the skin.

Almost all the protein in a potato is just under the skin-important for my husband, as he is a vegetarian.

[ECOCKS]

Welcome to the Food AND WebMD fusion channel....

There is a nutrient-rich layer just under the skin and the Washington State potato commission notes the following:

"And potatoes with the skin on are an excellent source of fiber. In fact, with 2 grams of fiber per serving, a potato equals or exceeds that of many "whole" grain products- whole grain bread, whole wheat pasta and many cereals.
 
Despite the popular notion, the majority of nutrients are not found in the skin, but in the potato itself. Nonetheless, leaving the skin on the potatoes retains all the nutrients, the fiber in the skin and makes potatoes easier to prepare."

http://www.potatoes.com/Nutrition.cfm

Curiously, the UN's Year of the Potato Site makes the following, somewhat contradictory comments:

"Potato is a versatile, carbohydrate-rich food highly popular worldwide and prepared and served in a variety of ways. Freshly harvested, it contains about 80 percent water and 20 percent dry matter. About 60 to 80 percent of the dry matter is starch. On a dry weight basis, the protein content of potato is similar to that of cereals and is very high in comparison with other roots and tubers.

In addition, the potato is low in fat. Potatoes are rich in several micronutrients, especially vitamin C - eaten with its skin, a single mediumsized potato of 150 g provides nearly half the daily adult requirement (100 mg). The potato is a moderate source of iron, and its high vitamin C content promotes iron absorption. It is a good source of vitamins B1, B3 and B6 and minerals such as potassium, phosphorus and magnesium, and contains folate, pantothenic acid and riboflavin. Potatoes also contain dietary antioxidants, which may play a part in preventing diseases related to ageing, and dietary fibre, which benefits health."

This is followed by a statement at the bottom of the page saying, "Since glycoalkaloids are not destroyed by cooking, cutting away green areas and peeling potatoes before cooking ensures healthy eating."

http://www.potato2008.org/en/potato/factsheets.html

Eat the skins or not. Seems no harm in it as long as it was well-washed and any green or damaged spots were cut away and that might well be the concern she showed. I was raised to always wash and trim potatoes before baking or cutting for frying, even if we were peeling them.

[SANDRO43]

Potassium, copper, and fibre are almost all double with the skin. Almost all the protein in a potato is just under the skin-important for my husband, as he is a vegetarian.

Therefore one'd be justified is saying that a potato's beauty is only skin-deep ?

[Olga_Mouse]

And BTW, it's rucola, not ruccola - also called rughetta in the Rome region. 

Shame on me - two Z in pizza were too much confusing 

Grazie Sandro!

[kievstar]

Radiation is in the skin as well.  So depending on where the potato is grown can be a reason to stay away from the skin.

Potatoes, baked, flesh & skin (202g) 5.05g proten.  Need 30 grams of protein per meal.  Need 1,200 grams of potatoes for protein per meal.  Mashed potatoes with milk will increase the protein. 


Boethius, You have an interesting husband who was watched by Russians and is a vegetarian.

[SANDRO43]

Grazie Sandro!

Figurati, dovere . BTW, you're sitting on an UE flag:

A subliminal message ?

[Boethius]

He wasn't watched by Russians.  He was watched by Soviets.  There is a difference.

Yes, he is interesting.

[OlgaH]

Boethius , I hope your husband likes Ilf and Petrov  

[youtube=425,350]http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Qy1g79r2s[/youtube]

[Boethius]

Thank you, Olga.  He just got home from work, and he said he loved Ilf and Petrov, and the book Twelve Chairs.  It was one of his "bedside books".  His favourite line is "The one and only place you can express your thoughts freely is in the asylum."

That was very funny, and for him, brought back memories.  (We don't have those arguments. )

[OlgaH]

Boethius,

One of my favorite quotes from "The Golden Calf" is :" When I see this new life, all these changes for the better I don't want to smile, I want to pray"

And so famous: "Keep on sawing, Shura, they are surely golden!"    

[Olga_Mouse]

BTW, you're sitting on an UE flag:

Not sitting on it, rather biting my way through it 

A subliminal message ?

Definitely! 

[Shadow]

Boethius, knowing the Russian love of meat products being a vegetarian would already be enough for your husband to be watched by the Soviets. If his ideas would catch on it would cause a new Holodomor. 
Disclaimer: this is not meant to be taken serious.

[Sculpto]

maybe Ed was right?

[Boethius]

Boethius, knowing the Russian love of meat products being a vegetarian would already be enough for your husband to be watched by the Soviets. If his ideas would catch on it would cause a new Holodomor.  
Disclaimer: this is not meant to be taken serious.

   I know.  But he was surrounded by informants from childhood, and harassed long before we met.  It just got worse after our marriage.

My Baba couldn't understand anyone not eating meat.  She used to always say to him "Have a piece of kobassa.  It's not really meat."

[possum]

 She used to always say to him "Have a piece of kobassa.  It's not really meat."

 

[Sculpto]

explain

[Boethius]

You mean why possum is laughing?

Because he understands the Baba mindset.

[possum]

I'm laffin' 'cause I know how they made kolbasa in the Soviet Union: they would take starch, ground paper, some spices and a little bit of meat, the key word being LITTLE, mix it all up then roll it up into a stick of kolbasa..

[Boethius]

Ah, that too.  Though at Ukrainian markets, you could get excellent quality kobassa.

[possum]

Ah, that too.  Though at Ukrainian markets, you could get excellent quality kobassa.

Do you know what the best kind of fish is? 

[Boethius]

Do you know what the best kind of fish is? 

Kobassa.

[possum]

A man says to his wife: honey, we're out of toilet paper, and none of the stores have it today either.. She replies: check the kolbasa in the fridge, there should be some left in it..

[Sculpto]

hahahaha!  You mean there is no turkey kielbasa in Russia?

[OlgaH]

My Baba couldn't understand anyone not eating meat.  She used to always say to him "Have a piece of kobassa.  It's not really meat."

Boethius, I almost spilled my coffee   I heard the phrase from my granny.

Also knowing that the kolbasa and sosiski mostly made of flour, starch and soy and other food additives that prevail over percentage of meat the phrase is understandable.

During the soviet time there was GOST (a set of technical standards) controlling the process (though the real truth always was hidden), today every producer has its own right to set its own standards, so when you buy the product it is better to know about a producer as much as possible.

In 2008 Medvedev's Institute of Ecohygiene and Toxicology in Kiev made its research regarding kolbasa sold in the Ukrainian stores. Their results were: sosiskas contain 7% of meat and 15% of poultry, boiled kolbasa contains: 10% of meat and 30% of poultry. More over meat used in kolbasa is usually the meat waste.