Well, here in England, you can eat the skin if you like. It can be the best bit in my opinion, especially if it's nice and crispy....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Bernstein [SMTP:BERNSTEN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 5:49 PM
> To: fatfree@xxxxxxxxxxx; JSF39927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Potatoes in ireland
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> A warning about eating potatoes in Ireland. When I visited there several years ago, I ordered and received a lovely baked potato. When I started to eat it, the waitress came over, totally shocked, because I was eating the skin! She told me that one does not eat the skin of a potato in Ireland, any more than one would eat the peel of a banana.
>
> Be warned.