The reason I am a little touchy on that PEELED instruction is this: I went to a revival not too far away. The resident pastor had a wife who loved to bake. So when she spied a new face they immediately got a small loaf of chocolate zucchini bread. But this poor woman had probably never eaten any because she had not peeled her Z. Probably used the oldest, biggest Z to get the most out of it. On old oversized (bigger than 6-8 inches, the skin becomes like leather. Although this Z bread smelled wonderful and tasted fine....all except for these chunks of unchewable leather...the skin off the old Z. So please peel your Z. Marcia