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Potatoes delivered from Tesco with burnt-off sprouting 'ears'!!

warlieb
warlieb Posts: 20 Forumite
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I had a Tesco home delivery today, and the bag of 2.5kg West Country Potatoes I bought all had sprouted, but then it looked like these sprouts had been burnt off in an attempt to get rid of them??

I'm not sure if i'm allowed to post pictures up, but here is a link to a photo: http://tinypic.com/r/34hfmgz/6

Has anyone experienced this before? Should I just accept them or should I kick up a fuss??
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  • mervyn67
    mervyn67 Posts: 70 Forumite
    Saw the photos, have you bought potatoes now for the first time ever? because they seem to look normal to me. Or have I been buying strange potatoes before?
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  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
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    They look normal to me too.....
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  • ratts
    ratts Posts: 25 Forumite
    i cant see anything wrong with them :p
  • 4743hudsonj
    4743hudsonj Posts: 3,298 Forumite
    I'd be more worried that theyre not perfectly symmetrical:
    Back by no demand whatsoever.
  • gordikin
    gordikin Posts: 4,422 Forumite
    It's the new potato sprouting burner off machines they now have recently installed in all Tesco fruit and veg. depts.. Tesco have also employed an extra 3000 staff to do the work...they should be commended for this latest initiative.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    They look fine to me,
  • shammyjack
    shammyjack Posts: 2,685 Forumite
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    warlieb. These new varieties of weed are far too strong for you !
    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

    shammy
  • Jojo_the_Tightfisted
    Jojo_the_Tightfisted Posts: 27,228 Forumite
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    They're normal, fresh potatoes. If you don't like the look, peel them. They're fine.
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  • jb66
    jb66 Posts: 1,705 Forumite
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    Thats what a proper potato looks like
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