2007-06-30 18:58:41 · 10 answers · asked by kay kay 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
A uppy may hv piss'd on them, or there may be pesticides sprayed on the skin that could make you sick if you don't kosher the tomatoe!!!
2007-06-30 19:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washing them cleans off any stuff; but there's no reason to peel them unless you're using them in a recipe that calls for peeled tomatoes. The peel contains tons of nutrients. It's good for you.
2007-07-01 02:02:00 · answer #2 · answered by Richard B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All vegetables need to be washed before cooking.
The reason I peel tomatoes is that I have been told that the skin and seeds are hard to digest.
2007-07-01 04:57:42 · answer #3 · answered by wildflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wash them for sure, peeling is optional, mostly done in fine dining restaurants when one doesn't want the skin coming off and curling up in the sauce for a pasta...
if you want to peel them easily, use a paring knife to cut out the stem core, then turn over and cut an X in the bottom, plunge into boiling water for about 10 -15 seconds, and put immediately into ice water. the skin will slip off like a glove, leaving the rest of the tomato uncooked.
2007-07-01 02:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by moehawk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hye, according to me we have to wash tomatoes first . During farming lots of pesticides & insecticides are sprayed on the crop to get maximum yield but it is very much harmfull for our health & can cause various diseases. SO we have to wash &clean the vegetables properly. And then u can peel the tomato or any vegetable easily.
2007-07-01 03:11:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just wash them. I don't peel tomatoes.
2007-07-01 02:07:04 · answer #6 · answered by St Harpy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it's good to wash anything you're going to put in your mouth.
I said ANYTHING.
=)
As far as peeling..hmm. Perhaps for authentic spaghetti sauce. Or if your phobic about skin..but that has good stuff in it.
I used to peel the skins of of grapes when I was younger. Yea it took a while to eat a bunch of grapes..
shrug. I was young haha.
Ever peeled a grape though? they look sooo cool. =)
2007-07-01 02:37:17 · answer #7 · answered by veganconscript 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because you think they are potatoes? Who peels tomatoes?
2007-07-01 02:01:27 · answer #8 · answered by curiousgal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you shouldn't most of the vitamins and beta carotene are in the peel.
2007-07-01 02:51:33 · answer #9 · answered by rome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are thin skinned and can pick up the pesticides easily. Also the people picking them sometimes work in unsanitary conditions, so please at least wash them.
2007-07-01 02:18:37 · answer #10 · answered by non o u biznis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋