I saw someone else ask about peeling peaches and it reminded me of a conversation I had with my American friends. They were incredulous when I told them that growing up in Australia I used to take a kiwi in my lunchbox, cut it in half and scoop it out with a spoon to eat it. Both of my friends eat kiwis whole. Like an apple. I am horrified!!! Do you eat the skin on your kiwis?
Edit: damn this blew up. you guys are funny
He was a fine young cannibal
Spewing they’ve taken the series down from Netflix.
They WHAT?
Indeed.
I too, was shocked and appalled. It’s not available to stream anywhere. I’d buy the box set, but the only place I can find it that isn’t Amazon or eBay is Sanity, and I’m not even sure they’re still in operation.
Edit: turns out Sanity is still a thing. Who knew? Sadly though, it also turns out, that the box set is “Not Available”.
I’m in Tassie and I’m pretty sure the last sanity here shut down a few years ago. I just assumed they were all gone lol. I know they did the same thing with black books. They were my two favourite shows to just put on and have a chuckle at
You'd be pleased to know: r/unexpecteditcrowd
I don't know about that, so it certainly lives up to its namesake.
Best to skin them, otherwise the feathers can be annoying
Oh that makes more sense, I thought OP was asking about cannibalism across the ditch...
As a kiwi I don’t approve this.
We wouldn't eat ya mate. Who knows where you've been.
I don't eat Kiwis. I've seen what you've done to the sheep
Kiwi flavoured lamb
It’s the beak that bothers me the most.
You mean the toothpick?
Have to admit I’ve always cooked them as well, never gone the full sashimi on them.
Likewise platypus, those damn venomous spikes!
I made the mistake of ordering platypus at a fancy 5 star restaurant. You wouldn't believe the size of the bill.
You made me laugh out loud! My Dad (departed earth 4/1/24) would salute you! 🙌🏼
Skin is the best part though, most tasty. You’d lose so much, like skinning an apple!
I love the skin too, but for the feel. Don't eat it though, I treat kiwis like mangos, eating the goodies off the skin
I eat it the same way as you - cutting them in half and scooping it out with a spoon
Fun fact, the furless gold kiwi fruits were bred to be eaten skin-on, even though many still do the scoop technique.
Old-school furry green ones though, they made those spoon knife things for a reason.
Nah not really, used to work on lots of kiwi farms. Even most farmers there would dig their thumbs in and split it in two before eating the inside. The skin is usually sprayed with loads of pesticides, even washing doesn't fully remove it.
As it should be.
Cut the top off. Like a boiled egg. Then use spoon.
I usually have them hold me by the ears...........
This is the traditional way but in recent years I started cutting them like an orange and I feel like it’s cleaner with less wastage. People that eat the skin should have been shot in a rock.
Golden kiwis should be eaten skin and all. Green kiwis not.
But golden are amazing and one of the healthier things you can eat.
Edit: Don’t eat the end caps. Just chop off a small part of the top and bottom.
TIL that there is a golden kiwi too.
They are in season now and they are amazing. Probably a placebo but when I have them I feel invincible. My wife and kids don’t eat them and recently got the flu really badly. I was around sick people for 5 weeks straight and didn’t get it.
My Hungarian grandmother swore these were the most nutritious fruit in existence! She said as soon as you see them in the fruit shops it is the season to eat one a day.
I actually started eating the skin a few years back because it's healthy (fibre and micro nutrients). Took me less time than expected to get over the texture. Now I relish the unusual sensation.
What about the.. butthole bit
Good question! Let me give you my whole process.
Good source of healthy fibre
I usually remove the beak first
Remember when the packs of kiwifruit came with a special spoon? I used to have those stashed everywhere.
I see you've played knifey spoony before.
Once. Or twice.
Yes the knife spoons 😊
Thank you for actually calling them kiwifruit. I can't stand it when I hear people calling kiwifruit kiwi. (Grew up in NZ where a Kiwi is a bird and Kiwifruit is a fruit).
I'm Aussie and we always called it the same. I think it's more Americans that just call them kiwis. I always get confused and assume they are talking about the people of New Zealand.
That would make a good games how lmao. Someone tells a story involving a Kiwi and you gotta decide if it's a person, a bird or a fruit.
You mean Chinese gooseberries right?
Real ones call them gooseberries. Kiwis be stealing all kinds of things and calling it theirs smh
Haha
No thanks needed. Shortening it would just feel wrong
I remember the spoon thingos being green?
Green or yellow depending on the variety.
I’m fairly sure the packs of golden kiwi fruit still come with the knifey spoony. Or at least they have done in the last few years, as we have some in the drawer
I see you’ve played knifey-spoony before!
I've still a got a couple of those free knife-spoons in the cutlery draw.
My girlfriend is a Kiwi. She enjoys my technique.
Not enough detail. The question was whether you munch on the furry outside, or just the juicy inside parts.
Lol
REMEMBER THIS FCKIN FACE, WHENEVER YOU SEE CLIT YOU WILL SEE THIS FCKIN FACE!
I’m not normally one for cannibalism, but I prefer them roasted with chooks
Don't bother, not much meat on them
Have you seen their rugby team?? Plenty of meat on them.
I prefer to politely ask my Kiwi housemate to jump into the oven.
I remember when I was at primary school we got a special little plastic utensil which was a knife at one end and a spoon at the other to make the cutting in half and scooping easier!
The knife spoon still comes in the prepackaged kiwis in woolies
Gonna have to buy a pack as now I want to have a knifey spooney in my kitchen drawer.
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/758307/zespri-kiwi-fruit-gold
When they have them in stock. You can get one off Amazon too as a kiwi knife spoon
My kid eats them skin on, fur and all.
I used to cut and scoop but got lazy and now I eat them whole like this. The skin has a great tartness to it!
Honestly same.
One of the kids in my kids class got a kiwifruit in their lunchbox with no knifey-spoon and whined. The teacher said to just eat it like an apple. My kid had a revelation with this and now chooses to eat them this way at school rather than me cutting and peeling it for her.
Yeah, not for me. I don't like that fur!
I seen someone do this and was disgusted at first until I tried it … barely can taste or feel it and makes it so much easier to eat them so I’ve always done the same since haha
This is the way
Yep, the skin has an enjoyable sourness to it and I believe it's healthy too. Always been a skin eater
You kids know whats up!
Note to Americans confused by some answers: we call it a kiwi-fruit in Australia; a “kiwi” to us is the flightless New Zealand bird, and a “Kiwi”, metaphorically, a citizen of NZ
This is eye opening to me-I’m an American who has lived in Aus for over 10 years and I have always called it just kiwi and now I feel like an ass since nobody has ever told me this!
Actually they're all the same word. Much like how Australian chips are both chips (American) and chips (British).
It means we can take the piss out of a reasonable question like this one. Pretending to misunderstand is peak humour
I've never heard it called a kiwi-fruit growing up in Brissy, I wonder if it's a regional thing
What? I grew up in Brisbane and used to work at Coles in fruit and veg. They were always called kiwi fruits.
Weird you think otherwise, I wonder if it’s hyper-regional?
Huh, there you go!
Umm…wtf?! Went to school in Brisbane and absolutely they were called kiwi fruit.
Weird...I'm starting to think maybe I was just a derpy kid and didn't notice
Every town in QLD outside Brisbane is different like the roads for example.
It’s definitely called a kiwi fruit here in Brisbane. Do you call it a Chinese Gooseberry or something else completely?
Shoot them, pluck them and grill over a barbie. They are endangered though
I prefer to scoop the flesh. So do most people that I have witnessed eat them. The first time I saw someone eat the skin was as an adult. The skin is edible, but I don't really like the texture of it.
The back of my throat is itching just thinking about it
It’s not itchy at all, the skin is actually quite edible
Kiwi fruit flesh makes my throat itch (but I think I’m mildly allergic). The skin is so rough though, it might be edible but I can’t imagine it’s pleasant to eat!
That’s what I thought too, just give them a bit of a brush to get the loose stuff off and it’s pretty much just like a thick apple skin.
yeah do you also get hayfever?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_allergy_syndrome
kiwifruit sets it off the absolute worst for me
The skin of the bird or the fruit?
My husband and youngest son eat the skin and really enjoy it, but the other three of our kids and I judge them as they deserve to be judged whilst we haughtily eat ours with a spoon like civilised folk : D
Cut in half. Teaspoon is the way. Yuck no skin.
Well, try not to alert their family when you grab them, they are generally as protective of their kin as they are their sheep. Then joint and fillet like you would a sheep. The meat can be a bit tough and gamey so cooking them in a stew works well.
Wait...you're talking about the fruit aren't you...
You win. This comment is the ultimate
I believe that traditionally they'd make you dig your own hangi pit before bumping you on the head & tipping you in.
Fur and all?
And they say "cuz" and "bro" a lot. That's how you know you have the genuine article.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Crisp up the skin on high heat in the oven
What? Why? Please explain
Kiwi is also the name of a bird. I think all the answers so far are pretending we're referring to eating that bird
Should have known that, I am Australian
Did you immigrate to Australia as an adult?
If you went to school here you'd have likely caught and prepped a Kiwi as part of the curriculum
Lol, We don't have kiwis in Australia. Only in New Zealand. Yes, I was born here and went to school here.
It must have been a bin chicken, I was duped
Bun chuckun
I grew up in New Zealand and had a kiwi fruit vine in the backyard, so I’m going to crown myself queen of all things kiwi
The definitive answer is no. “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should”
And if I see someone eating the skin, I’m going to shudder delicately and think you’re a barbarian.
Tell them about Hi-Cane.
Oh! (Clutches pearls) heathen!
Was in nz ages ago and the bus driver pulled one out of his snack bag and started chomping away. I was blown away.
Only way to eat them. Otherwise you need a kitchen to work in. Just eat them like apples
I’ve been over here diligently peeling mine with a knife and now that I realise I can eat them with a spoon I feel like a complete moron
I do that for my kids in a lunchbox - peel & 1/6 them. Otherwise I deal with a stanky kiwi skin at the end of the day.
slice in half and squeeze the flesh
So the guts pops out? You grew up with a vine in your backyard didn’t you?
I used to do that as a kid too.
You grew up with a vine in your backyard didn’t you
yup , back porch and passionfruit out front
Kiwi is a bird and I think its illegal to eat them, r/askNZ situation.
Kiwifruit you've got two main options:
Cut in half along the equator and scoop the flesh out with a spoon, like a hard boiled egg.
Peel by cutting off the poles then putting it on one end and removing the rest of the skin in vertical slices.
Or if you enjoy eating horrible itchy fur you can eat the whole thing then be absolutely insufferable about the extra fibre and vitamins it contains.
What about the humans?
I think also illegal? Wouldn't be any good on a pavlova.
Bit messy, even if sliced thinly.
Cut them in halves and spoon out the the flesh?
While talking with a mouth full of mini porcupine quills
Yeah nah to eating them whole. Peel and slice, or cut in half and scoop. They are not just fuzzy like a peach, but have a beard growing
Surprised to scroll down this far to get ‘peel and slice’. This is the way
I also did the cut and scoop and you used to be able to get those knife spoon things from the supermarket with the kiwi fruit
Scoop it out.
Ask them nicely?
Easy, by tieing them to a chair. Cracking the head of the Kiwi open with no sedation. Scoop the brand out with an ice-cream scooper in to a bowl. Add some soy sauce. Then eat away with a wooden Spork.
Edit: Spelling
My mind immediately came up with a NSFW image.
Detach from the sheep first
back when I was a kiddie they were known as Chinese gooseberries relating to the origions circa 1950s
I twist the kiwi in the middle with both hands rotating in a different direction so it splits roughly in the middle and then eat it by squeezing the bottom and just eating the fruit the comes out.
It’s like ice cream for me . Love the golden kiwis .
Open her legs and chow down
I don’t. Kiwi-fruit allergy is not uncommon as far as allergies go and unfortunately I am afflicted.
so am I 😇 the tinglies give it extra flavor
First you buy them dinner. Maybe some fush ‘n’ chups.
Ask her nicely
Grew up peeling them but apparently the skin is good for you as well. Personally I will not be eating the skin
Like an apple like a boss. The skin doesn't taste weird at all, although it looks as though it should.
Stuffed with garlic and cooked on a rotissary is good, otherwise long pork jerky could work.
One thing that I haven’t seen mentioned is how the variety affects eating; the skin of classic green kiwifruits are very hairy and unpleasant to consume, whereas gold or red varieties tend to be almost hairless, and the skin isn’t so bothersome
We still have the free kiwi fruit spoons they had with them in supermarkets, the handle was a knife and the head was a spoon. I assumed from the very start that you cut them in half and scoop out the flesh. Weird how the just sliced unpeeled kiwis to put on cheesecakes and such, and annoying. But yeah, cut and scoop is how I eat them.
I thought you scooped/skinned them until I found out you could eat the skin. I enjoyed them much more after that and were a lot less messy.
Well first I take her undies off with my teeth...
Pluck out the feathers first. Just don't get caught; they're a protected species.
Can't imagine that fur doesn't hold onto a shit tonne of pesticides??
Besides that. Spoon all the way.
Eating them like an apple is just weird
Haven’t eaten any Kiwi fruit in a few years but my usual method would be to peel and then dice them if having in say a fruit salad or on a pavlova, otherwise I’d leave the skin on and cut into pieces and eat like an orange.
Cannibalism is illegal bro.
Grew up doing the cut in half and scoop.
Went to work and saw someone peeling them?!
Now have an English partner and he insists on peeling them.
I fear for the future.
On their back with legs on your shoulders
Nah. Never eat the skin! Awful
Skin on. No issues. You can't taste/feel it.
We've stopped calling them Chinese gooseberry right?
Yes, in the 70s
Eat it with a spoon usually, but will eat skin and all if I'm out about and don't have a spoon.
I’ve always eaten the skin of kiwi fruit. I’d never eat a kiwi, they are beautiful little things and probably inedible anyway.
No but my son does it's quite disgusting 😭🤢🤢🤢
I eat them both ways. Skin on or spoon, or quarter and eat with skin on
I eat them both ways.
Skin on or spoon, or quarter
And eat with skin on
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Cut in half and scoop.
I eat it like you , cut it in half and scoop the pulp out with a spoon, I peel the skin and add kiwi slices or pieces to my fruit salad but never with skin !!
Shaven.
Depends if I can be bothered to wash a knife and spoon. If not chomp chomp skin on
Im with you! You cut it in half and scoop it out like a boiled egg
180°C for 1 hour per kg. Best to skin and gut before cooking, they're big fellas, don't want that extra weight on your roasting rack.
When I was younger I used to eat kiwifruit whole. Only when moving to Australia and meeting my wife that I'd ever seen anyone cut them and scoop out the insides. I do now prefer the scoop out method though
I take off the hard top and bottom and then eat them like an apple, skin and all.
Ask her or him or them nicely?
I cut it in half and scoop it. Canadian born.
People actually eat the skin?
Like a peach. Skin and all.
I used to eat them without the skin, but in recent years have tried with the skin and it’s actually not that bad. Plus extra fibre!!
We don’t do that to our brothers from over the dutch
If I have a particularly soft one, I'll bite the top off and suck the fruit out. I'm an animal 😆
you bite about 1/5th of the way down. save that bit. then just basically shove it in your mouth using your teeth to push the skin outwards so the flesh goes right in your mouth. then repeat wit the top bit.
Well usually I boil him up and then roast him with an apple in his mouth..
Oh the fruit right.
I just cut in half and scoop it with a spoon. The skin is a sensory nightmare for me
I'll slice a few parts of skin off with a sharp knife then eat the rest WITH skin. So much better. Tart goodness
I’m an American living in Australia. I cut it half and eat the inside with a spoon. My dad eats the skin. I thinks someone told him they are good for him?
I don't eat them but the way you do is the only way I've seen others eat them.
You put her legs over your shoulders
I grew up in Australia and it was always chop in half, scoop out with a spoon to eat. Now I live in Japan, and all fruit is peeled and cut here, apples, grapes, everything. For kiwi, we cut off the ends, peel with a peeler, chop into whatever style you like. Ngl, peeling and cutting apples seems like a PITA but I can get behind peeling a kiwi fruit.
I don't mind the skin. I peel off the sticker, give it a bit of a rinse, then cut off the ends and slice it. Yay, roughage!
Eating it like an apple would be weird, there'd be too much lip contact with the fur.
I do remember the plastic knife spoons at school for recess, but I think my least favourite part is getting a spoonful of the middle. Slicing prevents that at least.
I grew up doing the cut in half then use a spoon thing, but these days we peel them with a potato peeler if they're firm (knife if soft), give them a rinse, then slice them.
You can totally eat the skin but it doesn't taste good.
As long as it's a sungold kiwifruit, like an apple. Leaving just the ends. Although my first 20 years, I'd scoop out the inners with the little knife spoon they used to provide.
Cut the Chinese Gooseberry in half and use a small spoon to take out the flesh.
Skin on. Throwing away the extra nutrients seems silly. Plus I always find it fun to eat it like that in front of people who get weirded out by it.
Please add FRUIT to the title.
When I first saw this I thought you were talking about the bird, then I visualized you running after a Maori with a knife and fork.
Cutting and scooping. We had little grapefruit spoons growing up (which I thought were kiwi fruit spoons). But I’ve eaten like an apple once, one of the ones that aren’t furry, which was fine too
Only with their consent.