Potato question

purplewombat

Hi

Hopefully someone can solve an arguement for me! I have some potatoes that have started to sprout, as far as I knew it was perfectly safe to eat them mashed but my friend insists that you shouldn't eat them, which is right? Personally I think he's just trying to get out of peeling them!

Justamum

I've eaten potatoes which have started to sprout before now and I'm still here! It depends how big the sprouts are. If they are getting a bit long then the potato gets a bit too soft so I wouldn't bother then, though they will probably be ok mashed. The only potatoes I know you should avoid are those which are green, and even then the odd tiny bit isn't harmful. I believe you need to eat quite a few green ones before you get ill.

noonesperfect

I agree with Justamum, for what it's worth!

soappie

There's absolutely nothing wrong with eating potatoes that have just started to sprout - just don't eat the sprouts themselves.

Justamum is right about green potatoes - green bits are an indication of a build up of solanine which is toxic to humans. You can just cut the green bits out - the rest of the potato will be fine.

Kerilinann

soappie wrote: »

just don't eat the sprouts themselves.

It'd be funny watching that though

OddjobKIA

you could plant the sprouting tats and have a new bunch in april may

purplewombat

Thanks all I shall tell him he has to get peeling then! :cheesy:

thriftlady_2

It is green potatoes you shouldn't eat and even they are OK if you cut the green part off. Sprouting potatoes are indeed fine to eat

Swan_2

I'd taken the sprouts off some potatoes I'd had lying about for a while, before I got the chance to take them out of the sink, my OH spotted them & totally freaked out because he thought we had an infestation of octopu$$y/insecty things!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

lilac_lady

If potatoes have just started to sprout they're ok. If they feel rubbery, bin them.

PasturesNew

I'll eat anything I will.
Waste not want not.
Cut the sprouts off, cut the green bits off. Eat the rest.