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Nick Cramer > wrote:

> Bill who putters > wrote:
> > Nick Cramer > wrote:
> > > Bill who putters > wrote:
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> > > Your recipes sound nice, Bill, But why would you discard the skins?
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> > Too hard to digest them. Had an issue with them and I now peel.
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> Chew, chew, chew! Do you also discard potato skins?

No prefer them however I can't eat yellow peppers. Red and green are
great. Tomatoes no problem. Guess it has to do with all of these being
in the Solanaceae family and bad experience eating them in the past.
Egg plant I like but forget the little Japanese and I peel or scope out
the flesh.

Bill who wonders why the fruit is good but the plant toxic just like
rhubarb leaves are toxic (Oxlic acid) but the stems are good. Talk
about trail and error testing. Then of course any green on a potato is
cut off too.

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From Below Wikipedia
"The Solanaceae family is characteristically ethnobotanical, that is,
extensively utilized by humans. It is an important source of food, spice
and medicine. However, Solanaceae species are often rich in alkaloids
whose toxicity to humans and animals ranges from mildly irritating to
fatal in small quantities."
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Solanaceae
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Solanaceae


Solanaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains a number of
important agricultural plants as well as many toxic plants. The name of
the family comes from the Latin Solanum "the nightshade plant", but the
further etymology of that word is unclear. Most likely, the name comes
from the perceived resemblance that some of the flowers bear to the sun
and its rays, and in fact a species of Solanum (Solanum nigrum) is known
as the sunberry. Alternatively, it has been suggested the name
originates from the Latin verb solari, meaning "to soothe". This
presumably refers to alleged soothing pharmacological properties of some
of the psychoactive species of the family.
The family is also informally known as the nightshade- or potato family.
The family includes Datura (Jimson weed), Mandragora (mandrake),
belladonna (deadly nightshade), Capsicum (paprika, chili pepper),
Solanum (potato, tomato, aubergine or eggplant), Nicotiana (tobacco),
and Petunia (petunia). With the exception of tobacco (Nicotianoideae)
and petunia (Petunioideae) most of the economically-important genera are
contained in the sub-family Solanoideae.
The Solanaceae family is characteristically ethnobotanical, that is,
extensively utilized by humans. It is an important source of food, spice
and medicine. However, Solanaceae species are often rich in alkaloids
whose toxicity to humans and animals ranges from mildly irritating to
fatal in small quantities.