There is a variety call Kiwifruit Gold which has a relatively smooth skin and can be eaten. Not very tasty....almost bland. The original 'hairy one' needs peeling or just scoop the flesh out with a teaspoon.
There is no accounting for taste. Yes the rinds are edible the texture is off putting for most people but the rinds are still edible. My cousin eats the entire apple leaving only the stem when he is done. My father used to eat the white part off a banana peel. I always left the apple core and seeds when I was done eating an apple and can't stand the inside of a banana peel but to each their own.
You can eat almost all of it but at one end (can't remember if it's top or bottom) there is a short pointed bit that will really hurt if you get it in the wrong part of your mouth. I recommend slicing around the ends and pulling out those bits and you will see what I was talking about. It's about 3mm long and has a sharp tip.
I went with one regular (not the thin peel) raw once, as part of a challenge, and it's doable but you have to chew a lot. Also the hairy texture isn't pleasant. But yes, technically you can.
you mean the really tough hairy kiwis or the smooth ones? I ate a hairy one once to prove a point. But I will not do it a second time. The texture was gross.
You can eat the skin of a kiwi, you may get slight ‘tummy trouble’ but nothing major. I think (but don’t know for certain) that most of the vitamins are in the skin, outer flesh.
You bet! And it’s good… not only a bit tangy and sweet, the skin albeit fuzzy is a good source of fiber. And it goes well taste and presentation wise in a parfait!
