Re: What doth a sprouting potato make?

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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, 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?

Peel off any green bits, dig out the sprouting eyes and you should be

fine.

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Personally, I'd give it a pass if it's getting spongy, but that's a

personal

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preference to do with texture, rather than a question of danger.

-j

Thank you very much. It is firm and very much potato-like. Everywhere the
sprouts have been removed, it looks normal.

In answer to some of the others here, "if there is any question about its
safety" -- well, duh. But I don't claim to know the answer to whether or not
there IS any question about that,

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