| echo |
I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult to peel
with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and shreds easily. Is there an
Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi fruit, or is it just a fact of life one
must deal with?
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Fri 23 Dec 2005 08:16:33a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it echo?
> I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult to
> peel
> with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and shreds easily. Is
> there an Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi fruit, or is it just a fact
> of life one must deal with?
Yes, Virginia, there really is a Kiwi Peeler.
http://www.tableandhome.com/prodhcjcf
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| Dee Randall |
"echo" <echo@otk.cab> wrote in message
news:11qo56d1tmvpk27@corp.supernews.com...
> I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult to peel
> with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and shreds easily. Is there
> an
> Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi fruit, or is it just a fact of life one
> must deal with?
>
I see from Wayne's reply that there actually is such a tool.
I have seen that one can scoop it out like one would scoop out an avocado,
with a spoon.
But, frankly, I've never seen a absolutely ripe kiwi to do this; mine just
generally turn into mush, and I'm not smitten with them anymore. I'll bet
they are delicious absolutely ripe from a tree -- like any other fruit (days
gone by!).
Dee Dee
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <11qo56d1tmvpk27@corp.supernews.com>, "echo" <echo@otk.cab>
wrote:
> I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult to peel
> with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and shreds easily. Is there an
> Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi fruit, or is it just a fact of life one
> must deal with?
I use a vegetable peelers. Many eat the flesh by scooping it out with a
spoon. Carefully.
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| jacqui{JB} |
"echo" <echo@otk.cab> wrote in message
news:11qo56d1tmvpk27@corp.supernews.com...
> I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult
> to peel with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and
> shreds easily. Is there an Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi
> fruit, or is it just a fact of life one must deal with?
It's not strictly necessary to peel them; gently rub away the fuzz and you
can eat the skin.
Watch out eating too many in one sitting; kiwis contain an enzyme which can
be used to tenderize meat, and eating too many at one time can make your
mouth quite raw.
-j
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| Michael \Dog3\ Lonergan |
Melba's Jammin' <barbs.challer@earthfink.net.invalid> looking for
trouble wrote in
news:barbs.challer-BD4FC1.09541923122005@individual.net:
> In article <11qo56d1tmvpk27@corp.supernews.com>, "echo" <echo@otk.cab>
> wrote:
>
>> I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult
>> to peel
>> with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and shreds easily. Is
>> there an Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi fruit, or is it just a
>> fact of life one must deal with?
>
> I use a vegetable peelers. Many eat the flesh by scooping it out with
> a spoon. Carefully.
I slice 'em and eat around the skin or I'll use a vegetable peeler. The
veggie peeler works like a charm.
Michael
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| Puester |
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 23 Dec 2005 08:16:33a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it echo?
>
>
>> I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult to
>> peel
>>with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and shreds easily. Is
>>there an Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi fruit, or is it just a fact
>>of life one must deal with?
>
>
> Yes, Virginia, there really is a Kiwi Peeler.
>
> http://www.tableandhome.com/prodhcjcf
>
Save your $12.99. Cut the kiwi in half along either plane
and scoop out with a thin-bowled spoon. A plastic spoon
works well, too. A serrated grapefruit knife is another
possibility.
gloria p
allergic to kiwifruit
:-(
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| Rhonda Anderson |
Puester <puester@worldnet.att.net> wrote in
news:vTYqf.185045$qk4.134723@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>
>
> Save your $12.99. Cut the kiwi in half along either plane
> and scoop out with a thin-bowled spoon. A plastic spoon
> works well, too. A serrated grapefruit knife is another
> possibility.
>
> gloria p
> allergic to kiwifruit
>:-(
>
Yep. In fact I have several "kiwifruit spoons". Not sure if they still
have them, but the supermarket I frequent had a huge pile of these to
just take for free when you bought kiwifruit - a plastic spoon with a
seerrated edge handle (not sharp enough to hurt). Cut the kiwifruit in
half with one end, use the spoon to eat it.
When I'm using them for a fruit platter or for pavlova or similar, I
just use a sharp paring knife to peel them. You lose a little fruit, but
not very much once you get used to doing it.
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
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| Andy |
Rhonda Anderson <schumacher11@bigpond.com> wrote in
news:Xns97364EFC884F3schumacher11bigpondc@61.9.191.5:
> Puester <puester@worldnet.att.net> wrote in
> news:vTYqf.185045$qk4.134723@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>
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>>
>> Save your $12.99. Cut the kiwi in half along either plane
>> and scoop out with a thin-bowled spoon. A plastic spoon
>> works well, too. A serrated grapefruit knife is another
>> possibility.
>>
>> gloria p
>> allergic to kiwifruit
>>:-(
>>
>
> Yep. In fact I have several "kiwifruit spoons". Not sure if they still
> have them, but the supermarket I frequent had a huge pile of these to
> just take for free when you bought kiwifruit - a plastic spoon with a
> seerrated edge handle (not sharp enough to hurt). Cut the kiwifruit in
> half with one end, use the spoon to eat it.
>
> When I'm using them for a fruit platter or for pavlova or similar, I
> just use a sharp paring knife to peel them. You lose a little fruit, but
> not very much once you get used to doing it.
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
Ooh... ohh... RAISING HAND....
Don't peel 'em, just slice 'em in 1/2 inch slices. then place the knife
between the pulp and the skin and holding the kniffe steady, rotate the the
kiwi until the skin falls off.
I'm a Kiwi champ!!!!!!
ANdy
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| Dave Smith |
echo wrote:
> I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult to peel
> with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and shreds easily. Is there an
> Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi fruit, or is it just a fact of life one
> must deal with?
Try using a spoon. They have to be nice and ripe, but just slice the kiwi in
half and use a spoon to dig out the flesh, just like a soft boiled egg.
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| ensenadajim |
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:39:49 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:
>Ooh... ohh... RAISING HAND....
>
>Don't peel 'em, just slice 'em in 1/2 inch slices. then place the knife
>between the pulp and the skin and holding the kniffe steady, rotate the the
>kiwi until the skin falls off.
>
>I'm a Kiwi champ!!!!!!
>
Same way an Aussie chef taught me to do it.
jim
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| Peter Huebner |
In article <11qo56d1tmvpk27@corp.supernews.com>, echo@otk.cab says...
> I have developed a taste for Kiwi fruit, but I find it difficult to peel
> with my thumb or fingers as the peel is thin, and shreds easily. Is there an
> Aussie solution for peeling a Kiwi fruit, or is it just a fact of life one
> must deal with?
>
What works best i.m.o. is an old spoon that is worn to a sharp edge.
Cut fruit crosswise, insert spoon between skin and flesh and rotate the fruit.
-P.
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| Peter Huebner |
In article <11qo694p5e8e4d8@corp.supernews.com>, deedovey@shentel.net says...
> But, frankly, I've never seen a absolutely ripe kiwi to do this; mine just
> generally turn into mush, and I'm not smitten with them anymore. I'll bet
> they are delicious absolutely ripe from a tree -- like any other fruit (days
> gone by!).
> Dee Dee
I've a few vines and we never get to eat them ripe off the vine, our micro
climate is too wet and cold in winter - they stay as hard as rocks until the
birds peck them. So we pick'em hard in early winter and when we want to eat
some we put them into a tupperware-type container with a couple of apples at
room temperature. The apples will ripen the kiwifruit and you can eat them at
exactly the stage where you like them best.
Won't work with fruit that's been picked waaaay immature though, they'll stay
horrid and sour regardles.
-P.
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| Dee Randall |
"Peter Huebner" <no.one@this.address> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e1b6d5d4960feba9897a6@news.individual.net...
> In article <11qo694p5e8e4d8@corp.supernews.com>, deedovey@shentel.net
> says...
>> But, frankly, I've never seen a absolutely ripe kiwi to do this; mine
>> just
>> generally turn into mush, and I'm not smitten with them anymore. I'll bet
>> they are delicious absolutely ripe from a tree -- like any other fruit
>> (days
>> gone by!).
>> Dee Dee
>
> I've a few vines and we never get to eat them ripe off the vine, our micro
> climate is too wet and cold in winter - they stay as hard as rocks until
> the
> birds peck them. So we pick'em hard in early winter and when we want to
> eat
> some we put them into a tupperware-type container with a couple of apples
> at
> room temperature. The apples will ripen the kiwifruit and you can eat them
> at
> exactly the stage where you like them best.
> Won't work with fruit that's been picked waaaay immature though, they'll
> stay
> horrid and sour regardles.
>
> -P.
Funny thing, but today shopping at Costco, I looked at the kiwi's mainly
because I had been reading this thread. The kiwis were about twice the size
they normally are. They were from Italy -- I've never seen any from Italy
before.
Reading your post, they are quite hard, and probably will stay horrid and
sour, but they looked too good to pass up -- size-wize and not all bruised
up.
I will try a few with a couple of apples in a container at room temperature
and see what happens.
Thanks,
Dee De
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