Do you eat the skin from pumpkin/squash?

[Crosbie]

e.g...when you roast it etc?

Regards
Crosbie

[zazen999]

I don't. I chop it all off before roasting.

[Rhona]

I roast with it on, as I find it easier to remove afterwards, and I like to think more 'goodness' stays in (possibly rubbish, don't know).

I have eaten the skin before too - thin skinned squash, and very long braised/roasted BNS with honey - tasted great.

[zazen999]

I tend to prepare one at a time, and use it throughout the week; some gets roasted, some boiled and put into sauces/chillis/curries etc. So for me, it is easier to peel, deseed and slice it so that it is just ready to use.

[janeyo]

I don't eat the skins.

[Alison]

Don't eat the skins either and vary whether I cook with or without them on.

[rustylady]

Definitely don't eat the skins. Roast and bake in skins, then scoop flesh out. If making soup without pre-roasting then I peel them.

[Crosbie]

Funny tho' isn't it - we eat the skins of aubergines...jacket potatoes...baked apples, courgettes etc...but not those of pumpkins and squashes. And jacket potato skins are marketed in their own right these days.

Crosbie

[Alison]

Yes but the ones we eat are a lot thinner and less tough than winter squash ones so it does make sense.