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?
>

There is a small amount of toxin in all potatoes, but there tends to be much
more of it in the eyes and in the screen skin. Just avoid the eyes.