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[Knifegill]

I understand orange peels are worth eating, and perhaps banana peels - if organic and washed, etc. What about pumpkin stems and other peels, seeds, and stems? What nutrition goes into the trash can every time I toss a peel? Avocado pits are eaten by some, I know. What else am I throwing away that I could be eating?

[Zach]

i understand orange peels are worth eating, and perhaps banana peels - if organic and washed, etc. What about pumpkin stems and other peels, seeds, and stems? What nutrition goes into the trash can every time i toss a peel? Avocado pits are eaten by some, i know. What else am i throwing away that i could be eating?

why?

[sjmc]

Joking aside, I've never heard that you actually should eat those things, but I used to make "morning glory" muffins that had an entire whizzed-up orange in them. So if you want to try eating some serious fruit peels, blending may be a more palatable way to do it.

[RichMahogany]

I understand orange peels are worth eating, and perhaps banana peels - if organic and washed, etc. What about pumpkin stems and other peels, seeds, and stems? What nutrition goes into the trash can every time I toss a peel? Avocado pits are eaten by some, I know. What else am I throwing away that I could be eating?

I think you should be eating all that stuff indirectly. Get some chickens, they'll turn that stuff into food for you.

[Neckhammer]

I think you should be eating all that stuff indirectly. Get some chickens, they'll turn that stuff into food for you.

lol....yeah, your not a gorilla with 78 foot of hind gut.

[namelesswonder]

I thought that kind of stuff was not to be eaten. Anti-nutrients, or something like that. It's a protective layer. Probably mostly fiber.

[jakey]

i eat the shells & tails on shrimp? only the tasty parts on fruit, though.

[Neckhammer]

i eat the shells & tails on shrimp? only the tasty parts on fruit, though.

Yeah, me too (shrimp part). I also use to eat nuts shell and all.....I stopped doing that though when I realized eating peanuts in this manner wasn't probably all that good for me about a decade ago.

[Graycat]

My mom used to eat the olive pits. They were supposedly good for your gut or something. Personally, I never do. I'm scared of the sharp, pointy tips.

[Paleobird]

i eat the shells & tails on shrimp?

No offense to jakey, but I give those to my dog. He eats them like popcorn.