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wrote:
> White Monkey wrote:
>> "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.
>
>>
>> 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

Jill