"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> 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.
>
> Jill



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?"

Thank you,
Katrina