thread: Is the green on potatoes really poison?

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  1. #1

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
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  2. #2
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    Jan 2004
    GONE MAD....back in 10!!
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    I have heard this aswell

  3. #3
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    Mar 2008
    Nth West Melbourne
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    Wow, thanks Brontide- just read the link....after having eaten (well peeled) green spuds for dinner!!

    Must send this link to my DH- he always thinks I'm mad for being wary of green potatoes.

  4. #4
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    Mar 2008
    Nth West Melbourne
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    I *think* from what I've read it increases the levels of nasty stuff in the whole potato, but the greatest concentrations are in the green areas. I've looked at a couple of different websites now, and some say the whole spud is evil and must be thrown out, and others say peel it well and the levels of poison in the remaining potato would only be dangerous if you are several kilo's of them. Hard to tell, perhaps better to be on the safe side and avoid the green ones.

  5. #5
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    Dec 2007
    Taking a ride on my grdonkey :D
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    FWIW I usually just peel the green bits off and cannot recall ever being ill afterwards... but then BIL usually uses about 6 taters a day making mash for himself (seeing as he never shows up around dinnertime and therefore doesn't get fed) so every remaining tater is precious in my house But horses for courses, if you feel safer chucking the whole thing out then go for it

  6. #6
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    Feb 2009
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    wow, you learn something new everyday

  7. #7
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    Aug 2008
    qld
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    oh dear, all the potatoes we ate this week were all green, it was practically the entire bag, and i didnt peel them as they were washed baby potatoes.
    And we are on a tight food budget, so i couldnt get any more.
    So far nobody has been sick, how ever, the kids have had a few more poos this week, wonder if that is a coinky dink?

    I did know that they should be avoided in pregnancy.