I don't peel rhubarb as I find the outer layer just as soft as the inside...though my mother does and as a girl I used to find it fun to help her.
Squashes...yes, I do...my mouth is funny 'thing' and the skin just don't appeal for it..
courgettes no
Potatoes I only peel if there is some major blemishes or if I make mash where skin would look unsightly. If I peel spuds, I feel like I remove the most beneficial part of the tuber....and my mouth agree..
I peel carrots...again...mouth thing...why?...it is not happy if I don't and there is something about the hairy roots too..
...and then the mouth don't mind hairy skin of the peaches...my mouth and I agree on this one, 'just get it down...it is all lovely'
Apples I always eat with skin unless I make sauce...and same goes for shop bought apples, though I do try to scrub hell out of it, to satisfy my mind that I've cleared any chemicals that are 'floating about'(I doubt they can be washed out once they are in)
Oranges I'm not too picky when peeling, just getting the orange part with majority of the white 'pith' will do....but with mandarins and such a fruit, I pick and pick and pick
..I have to remove every single 'thread' and I spend aged getting rid of the white bits...
Bananas....again...no dangling 'threads' or it really puts me off..or that brown 'nib' on the end..for some reason it looks like blob of snot...
Sometimes I even chew some pea pods after podding them.. chewing pea 'juices' out when the pods are really nice is quite refreshing too:icon_cheers:
Me and my head, mouth and tummy, we all have different opinions what are edible what not...