To Peel or Not to Peel?

I sat at the lunchroom table with the teachers, contemplating the 3 grapes on my metal plate. I was waiting for the grape eating to commence, and trying to figure out how to stealthily eat my grapeskins without anyone knowing it. They started peeling off the skin of their grapes, and I slowly bit into my grape sucking the insides out slowly. By the time they swallowed the grape inside, I had quickly swallowed the grapeskin. Grape One down, two more to go. They only eat the inside of the grapes, not the outside, so I always hear it from the younger kids who are quick to let me know that I don't know how to eat grapes. They pile grapeskins on their plates like animal fur. I wanted to see if it was possible to not be noticed. Grape Two, oh I was spotted, but not caught in the action, so I have one more grape to go with everyone waiting to comment. By Grape Three I lost my undercover status and drew it out in the open, and making a big production, letting everyone know it was ok to talk about it. We began discussing how foreigners eat the outside of fruits like peaches and apples. By the time lunch concluded, we came to the agreement that the skin on Japanese fruits are tougher and more bitter than their Western counterparts and perhaps that explains the reasons for peeling. There weren't enough grapes or I would have had them do an American challenge and eat the darned grapeskin.