Site Search:
 
Speak Korean Now!
Teach English Abroad and Get Paid to see the World!
Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index Korean Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!"
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Grape Skins: Yes or No?
Goto page 1, 2  Next
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
zappadelta



Joined: 31 Aug 2004

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:08 pm    Post subject: Grape Skins: Yes or No? Reply with quote

Yes
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
animalbirdfish



Joined: 04 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't even eat the grapes here. Them's juicin' grapes, not eatin' grapes.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
princess



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually those big grapes are muscadines. Skin? Yes.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The most nutrition is in the peel: grapes, apples, potatoes, carrots.

I've never met a man who peels grapes, but I'm sure one or two exist. Probably accountants.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cleopatra had her grapes peeled for: "Peel me a grape!"

Korean grapes are awful and I never eat 'em at all - as omeone said, juicing grapes. Ever tried to eat wine grapes? Shudder.

Other grapes, yes, skins eaten of course.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

animalbirdfish wrote:
I don't even eat the grapes here. Them's juicin' grapes, not eatin' grapes.


I totally agree with you. I don't generally eat them. But, I've just got my hands on a box of grapes that were organically grown at a farm in my neighborhood. Still juicing grapes, but they taste a lot better than usual. I eat the peel. That's where the polyphenols are located.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
kermo



Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At my old school, the other teachers (all Koreans) would spit out the peel. They said they were afraid of the pesticides.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Dev



Joined: 18 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kermo wrote:
At my old school, the other teachers (all Koreans) would spit out the peel. They said they were afraid of the pesticides.


If washed well, they should be fine, I think.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes or no to skins?

Neither. Sometimes I eat 'em, but often not.

I've learnt how to suck the flesh of the grape out in one, so it's less messy and besides I too am a bit put off by the pesticides thing. The skin always seems to retain that white stuff on it even after a good wash. But the skin is delicious and sometimes I'll eat it and I haven't developed two heads yet.

K-grapes are great if you ask me. But because they're so sugary they give me toothache afterwards, which I hate.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
heydelores



Joined: 24 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definitely eat the skins, after washing them, of course. And I love Korean grapes!!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
philthy



Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have no problems with the skins, it's the damn seeds I can live without. Are there seedless grapes here? I haven't seen any, nor seedless watermelons for that matter.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
the eye



Joined: 29 Jan 2004

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wangja wrote:

Korean grapes are awful and I never eat 'em at all - as omeone said, juicing grapes. Ever tried to eat wine grapes? Shudder


Na-do.
Most korean grapes ARE the juicing or wine-type varietal. Only good enough on the inside.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Troll_Bait



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kermo wrote:
At my old school, the other teachers (all Koreans) would spit out the peel. They said they were afraid of the pesticides.


Let me get this straight. They're afraid of pesticides, so they get rid of the skins after having put them in their mouths?!

As another poster said, there's a lot of nutrition in them: vitamins, minerals, fibre, etc. I also worry about pesticides, but I wash them with soap and then rinse.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Korean grapes skin is tough, difficult to chew, so no, for those grapes, I don't eat the skin.

Other grapes, however, I do.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tzechuk wrote:
Korean grapes skin is tough, difficult to chew, so no, for those grapes, I don't eat the skin.

Other grapes, however, I do.


They are no harder to chew than kimchi.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Goto page 1, 2  Next
Page 1 of 2

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe
TEFL Courses, TESOL Course, English Teaching Jobs - TEFL International