Once Vivekananda was invited to a party in Chicago. He requested vegetarian food. There was no cooked vegetarian food available. He was fine with just fruits. He was given oranges.
A guy named Francis, came over, and started chatting with Vivekananda, while he was peeling & eating the oranges.
"I pity you."
"Why?"
"Looks like you don't know the science. The orange skin has far more nutrients than the flesh of the fruit. The skin is the best part of the orange."
Vivekananda calmly ate the orange pulp, peeling them off. He then offered the orange skin.
"I'm a Hindu, and we always share the best of what we have with our friends. Dear friend, I'm sharing the best part of the oranges with you."
Source: Haridas Giri Upanyasam on Devi Navaratnamala
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