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Can pumpkin be eaten with skin

Pumpkin can be eaten with skin. It does no harm to the body, but the skin of pumpkin is hard. If you mind, you'd better peel it. Pumpkin was introduced into China during the Ming Dynasty. It is a vegetable rich in various nutrients. We can cook porridge with millet and medlar.

In fact, pumpkin skin can be eaten. It won't cause any damage to our body. However, the taste of pumpkin skin is generally hard. If you don't like this taste, you'd better peel and eat pumpkin.

Pumpkin originated from Mexico to Central America. It was not introduced to China until the Ming Dynasty. Later, with the widespread cultivation of pumpkin, it has become one of the very common vegetables in our life.

Pumpkin is rich in nutrients, such as amino acids, polysaccharides, pectin, carotenoids and so on. We can stew porridge with pumpkin at home. We just need to put it, millet, medlar and water into an electric rice cooker to cook.