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Many of the restaurants’ sauces and stocks were made using vegetable stalks, trimmings, peelings and bruised fruits that are not attractive enough to display.
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Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Active Time: 15 mins Total Time: 30 mins Servings:
6
The smooth-skinned cousins to peaches, fresh nectarines require no peeling at all, and grill up just as juicy as a steak.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
This combo can also lead to dryness, peeling, and irritation.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
The top 2 feet of dirt at the Michigan Avenue site was scraped off and hauled away because of contamination from lead paint peelings from the houses that once stood there.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
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Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Active Time: 15 mins Total Time: 30 mins Servings:
6
The smooth-skinned cousins to peaches, fresh nectarines require no peeling at all, and grill up just as juicy as a steak.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
This combo can also lead to dryness, peeling, and irritation.
—Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
The top 2 feet of dirt at the Michigan Avenue site was scraped off and hauled away because of contamination from lead paint peelings from the houses that once stood there.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Peeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peeling. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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peeling
noun
peel·ing
ˈpē-liŋ 
: a peeled-off piece or strip (as of skin or rind)
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