You throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What am I?

I have skin but I'm not alive. I peel but I'm not paint. I'm usually found in a bunch. What am I?

A mother has six children and five potatoes. How can she feed each child an equal amount without cutting any of the potatoes?

I go in hard, come out soft, and am never the same. Blow on me and I feel good. What am I?