How do you stop potatoes sprouting?

purplepatch

Another one that picks (not cuts) the sprouts off, always have done, 35 and not dead from it yet! I do this for baked potatoes too, ie skins on, and I can't see where the sprouts were (as someone else mentioned). Not that I've ever looked very hard .

Green potatoes are a different matter and should be binned.

thriftlady_2

40 and not dead either.My mil told my OH they shouldn't be eaten but my Mum told me just to rub the sprouts off and eat them-I always take my mum's advice(apart from when it's barking mad,but that's another story :rolleyes: )

thriftlady_2

Of course the barking mad bit might be due to eating too many sprouting potatoes :rotfl:

Greycrow

Just into 6th decade of sprouty spuds and now you tell me that they're bad for me!

smokey112

Have always used Sprouty spuds - OH throws them out when if sees them - I just change the cupboard their in each time we buy them so he doenst know where to look - in fact tonight I am about to go a peel the bag I have, par boil them and freeze them for roasties later in the month

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Rachie_B

moggins wrote:

If they have just sprouted and not turned green as well then I normally just pick the sprouts off and peel them as normal. I've managed to reach 41 without poisoning myself or the family yet

ditto !

just used a load of sprouted spuds in tuna fishcakes

goldentouch

... well they were delicious. I hid the sprouty marks with grated cheese

I'll let you know if I'm 'disturbed' in the night :rotfl:


....and another thing. Why do they sprout so quickly

calleyw

I alwasy remove sprouts and eyes from potatoes and remove the green bits and I am still alive.

Good site with lots of info try here

Tells you all the types of potatoes as well.


Yours

Calley

tee_pee_2

I use to work on a fruit and veg stall in my younger years and I had to pick off the sprouty bits so we have prob all ate them and just didn't know. and I bet that pre prepared mash in the chiller section in ASDA is made from scabby potatoes

xueta

Current advice is to avoid eating the green bits of potatoes, as they contain aflatoxin and solanine. Whilst these chemicals won't exactly kill you, both can cause nerve damage if eaten in large quantities and aflatoxin falls into a group of agents which have been shown to cause cancer in animals.