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White Monkey wrote:
> "jacqui{JB}" > wrote in message
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>>"White Monkey" > wrote in message
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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?
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>>Peel off any green bits, dig out the sprouting eyes and you should be
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> fine.
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>>Personally, I'd give it a pass if it's getting spongy, but that's a
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>>preference to do with texture, rather than a question of danger.
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>>-j
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> Thank you very much. It is firm and very much potato-like. Everywhere the
> sprouts have been removed, it looks normal.
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> 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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