- How about the pear? - Why would you do that?
- Noo! - Yeah!
- I would just eat it in wedges. - That's so weird!
Hey guys on Ask Japanese this is Cathy Cat! Today we will ask foreigners
which fruits they would/would not peel.
Cause that's different in Japan and abroad. Or is it? Let's find out.
I am gonna shout out a couple of fruits. Let me know if you would peel them
or not peel them.
- Who would peel a cherry? - Not me.
You don't peel the cherry.
No.
The cherry!
You'd peel the cherry?
She peels the cherry when she cooks.
She cooks that.
That makes sense, yes. When you cook you peel the cherry.
- Apple? - Sometimes.
- Would not peel an apple. - The apple doesn't need it too.
-Would you peel an apple? - No.
- You can peel the apple. - I think I would peel an apple.
I... peel apple.
I was a little bit sad this morning when my apple was peeled.
You were sad when your apple was peeled?
- I like the peel. - Where was it peeled?
At 7/11 (convenient store). It was in a bag. I am also not used to that.
How do you usually eat your apple?
Just a whole apple. Just take a bite of it.
I like the peel because it's sour.
How about grapes?
No.
Don't peel a grape.
Would not peel grapes.
I typically eat grapes just right off the vine.
Don't peel the grape.
I know some people do peel grapes but I don't do it. I can eat them like that.
- Would you peel a grape? - No but Japanese people do.
Grape is sometimes peeled, oishii (tasty).
On new years eve in Spain we take 12 grapes at the end of the year.
You have to eat them so quickly, so you have to peel them off.
You eat 12 grapes just before the year ends.
- How about the pear? - I am fine with it, I don't need to do it.
I am not really too fussy. I wouldn't peel it. I never peeled a pear before.
- Never?! - Never.
- How about the pear? - Why would you do that?
- Would you peel a pear? - No.
No, I'd eat the pear as a whole.
Pear skins are like apple skins, so you can eat it.
I don't eat pears but if I do I would eat them like an apple.
I wouldn't peel it. Do most people peel it?
In Japan it looks like they do. I heard that, yeah.
That's what we are comparing right now.
I don't know about a pear.
Pear you can just eat the skin.
I usually eat the skin.
You can peel the pear. It's not an obligation.
You can eat the skin.
I am used to having pears in slices.
- No! - Yeah!
When you bite into a pear, sometimes the peel is crispy and sometimes not.
I like the crispier peel but if it's older I just slice it up and eat it.
I guess I'd peel a kiwi.
YES!
Has anyone ever had a kiwi with the peel?
No.
Only the kiwi I guess. The others don't need peeling.
I would only peel the kiwi fruit.
Yeah only peel the kiwi.
- I would definitely peel a kiwi. - You peel the kiwi.
Kiwi. That's it.
- I would peel the kiwi. - Me too.
The only one would be the kiwi.
Definitely peel the kiwi.
YES.
I'd only peel a kiwi, I guess.
Kiwi yeah.
Cause it's furry. I know people who eat it with skin though.
I would peel the kiwi.
I even eat the kiwi skin sometimes as well.
He is from New Zealand. They eat the skin over there.
You have had a kiwi with the skin before?
Yeah. Eat it like an apple.
- How did that taste? - Fine. Tastes the same.
I don't do it all the time. But I have done it before.
It's one of those moments when you can't find a knife?!
Yeah pretty much.
- Wouldn't peel the kiwi. - You would NOT peel it?
No I would not peel the kiwi.
- I would just eat it in wedges. - That's so weird. I would peel it.
I always cut it in wedges.
- I usually just ate it like an apple. - You're so weird.
- It's fuzzy! It's weird! - You don't eat the skin!
You eat around the skin.
It's all covered in the skin, what are you talking about?
- Well that's what I would do. - Alright, well you're weird.
Well those were all the questions, thank you very much!
Most people would not peel a cherry unless for cooking it.
Apples were a 50/50 split.
Grapes many did not peel while Japanese people tended to peel them.
Pears, most people ate without peeling it. Just like an apple.
Finally Kiwi, barely anyone ate a kiwi with the skin
two people actually did which really surprised me.
How about you? Which ones would you peel and not peel?
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