In a message dated 5/31/2002 6:32:25 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > As a child I used to sneak pieces as my mother peeled them and in high > school, many kids ate them raw to hide the smell of alcohol or cigarettes, > but which one escapes me. Could have been both. Oliva > > I used to eat pieces of raw peeled ones ...my mother gave them to me as she peeled. She said it was "good for me." Mary C.