"Everybody knows" that sprouting potatoes are poisonous. But what degree is "sprouting"? I have one here, a large blue truffle potato, from each eye of which was growing a 1/2 cm long cluster of sprouts. I scraped them off and dug out the first few mm of flesh under them, and the potato under there looks fine. Is this safe to cook with, specifically boiling and cubing it for use in a leftover-lamb-roast pie? Is it only safe for adult-type humans? I'm breastfeeding a six-month-old; does that make any difference, or are we talking a strictly safe potato here?
Thanks, Katrina
A sprouting potato makes more potatoes. As a child I stuck a potato in a saucer with water and let it sprout; then I put it in the ground and it made more potatoes. I was thrilled. I did the same thing with lima beans; then I dissected one to show how beans make little sprouts for a school science project.
Only you or your doctor can determine what is healthy for you to eat when breast-feeding an infant.
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White Monkey said:
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"Everybody knows" that sprouting potatoes are poisonous. But what degree is "sprouting"? I have one here, a large blue truffle
potato,
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from each eye of which was growing a 1/2 cm long cluster of
sprouts.
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I scraped them off and dug out the first few mm of flesh under
them,
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and the potato under there looks fine. Is this safe to cook with, specifically boiling and cubing it for use in a
leftover-lamb-roast
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pie? Is it only safe for adult-type humans? I'm breastfeeding a six-month-old; does that make any difference, or are we talking a strictly safe potato here?
Thanks, Katrina
A sprouting potato makes more potatoes. As a child I stuck a
potato in a
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saucer with water and let it sprout; then I put it in the ground
and it
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made
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more potatoes. I was thrilled. I did the same thing with lima
beans;
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then
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I dissected one to show how beans make little sprouts for a school
science
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project.
Only you or your doctor can determine what is healthy for you to
eat when
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breast-feeding an infant.
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Potatoes are OK while breastfeeding. Poison is not. Is this potato poisonous? If the answer is, "No", then I can eat it. If the answer
is "yes"
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or "Not enough to hurt someone over Xpounds weight", then I cannot.
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question is, "Is this potato poisonous?"
By the way, the way I put it in the header (just for fun) is
Shakespearean
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era English for "What is the definition of a sprouting potato?" not
"What is
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made by a sprouting potato?"
I have to say that I think your query is ridiculous. If there is any question that a food is not safe you shouldn't eat it. And this newsgroup, as Jill was actually indicating, is not the place to obtain an authoritative answer about the safety of some food. You have *one* potato you are wondering about. One. Toss it and use a potato that hasn't sprouted.
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White Monkey wrote: > Hi all, > > "Everybody knows" that sprouting potatoes are poisonous. But what > degree is "sprouting"? I have one here, a large blue truffle > potato, from each eye of which was growing a 1/2 cm long cluster > of sprouts. I scraped them off and dug out the first few mm of > flesh under them, and the potato under there looks fine. Is this > safe to cook with, specifically boiling and cubing it for use in a > leftover-lamb-roast pie? Is it only safe for adult-type humans? > I'm breastfeeding a six-month-old; does that make any difference, > or are we talking a strictly safe potato here? > > Thanks, > Katrina
A sprouting potato makes more potatoes. As a child I stuck a potato in a saucer with water and let it sprout; then I put it in the ground and it made more potatoes. I was thrilled. I did the same thing with lima beans; then I dissected one to show how beans make little sprouts for a school science project.
Only you or your doctor can determine what is healthy for you to eat when breast-feeding an infant.
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Potatoes are OK while breastfeeding. Poison is not. Is this potato poisonous? If the answer is, "No", then I can eat it. If the answer is "yes" or "Not enough to hurt someone over Xpounds weight", then I cannot. So the question is, "Is this potato poisonous?"
By the way, the way I put it in the header (just for fun) is Shakespearean era English for "What is the definition of a sprouting potato?" not "What is made by a sprouting potato?"
I have to say that I think your query is ridiculous. If there is any question that a food is not safe you shouldn't eat it. And this newsgroup, as Jill was actually indicating, is not the place to obtain an authoritative answer about the safety of some food. You have *one* potato you are wondering about. One. Toss it and use a potato that hasn't sprouted.
Mac
Indeed, sprouting is not the same thing as having turned *green* which is an indication of not a good thing. Sorry, I don't normally speak in Shakespearean terms about potatoes. Maybe I should resort to Monty Python LOL
