In a message dated 5/31/2002 6:32:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
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> 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.