Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>
> On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:07:23 -0600, Sky >
> wrote:
> >
> >OK, maybe I'm missing something. Why do potato eyes get removed? After
> >all, they're not when the potatos are baked.
>
> They are when *I* bake them! LOL! I dunno. Who wants to eat the
> sprouts on potatoes? Not me.

There's a difference I think. If there're any growing sprouts (very
little ones I might say), I always remove those, otherwise, it's time to
get new potatoes! I mean, why remove the 'eyes' if nothing has
sprouted? I vaguely remember being told to do somesuch as a youngster
when given the almost daily chore of peeling potatos, but I don't think
I ever knew why. As I mentioned already, the eyes are rarely removed as
far as I know when the potato is baked, and certainly never at a
restaurant (are they?).

Sky

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