Eating the skin of a nectarine?

[Seabreeze]

This is a very odd time of the year to be asking such a question, but here goes:!!

Two summers ago I wasted a lot of our new 'pot grown' nectarines by trying to skin them. So last summer I just ate some unskinned (with my cereal) - and they were fine - excellent.

I'm not that keen on peach skin and I just assumed 'one skins' nectarines.

Is this the 'normal' thing to do?

(<My wife is incapacitated and I don't want to give her anything that's for any reason, best avoided).

Thanks in advance for any help,

Keith

[terrier]

I don't know about eating them raw, I thought they might taste bitter, but I know they are boiled whole as a sweet dish and you eat them with the skins on.

[lynda66]

nope have always eaten nectarine skin, and i'm not dead yet and nectarines aren't velvety like peaches.

[BarleySugar]

Never thought to peel nectarines or peaches. washing peaches usually takes off most of the 'fluff' anyway. I can't see there can be any problems.

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Ditto always eaten nectarine skins, just a quick wash before eating.

[coomber]

Same here, always eat the skin.

[Nicos]

I've just washed and eaten them.
I suppose you could peel if worried about pesticides being absorbed into the skin...but I've always washed and eaten apples with their skins on too.

[starloc]

Ive never eaten nectarine skin because i tried peach skin.... they look the same even though there shiny!, with the peaches i cant stand the skin , i only eat them by slicing them up and peeling the skin off.

[Polly Fouracre]

One eats kumquats skins and all so why not nectarines.

[Flummery]

It never even occurred to me to peel a nectarine! If life's too short to stuff a mushroom, think of all the time I'm saving eating me necky skins!

[Hans Mum]

eat nectrine skin and all dont really do peach skin ...its the texture

[SarzWix]

I eat nectarine skin and peach skins! Roughage innit?

[terrier]

I must have mis read that, I thought it said tangerines

[Mcbee]

i always eat both nectarine and peach skin - don't know why you wouldn't

[Alison]

i always eat both nectarine and peach skin - don't know why you wouldn't

Ditto, as somebody said, life's too short!