On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:18:16 +1100, Brice >
wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:06:44 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:04:05 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2018-10-21 3:59 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>>> We prefer russets over most other types of potatoes, depending on the
>>>> intended use. Unless they're baked, we always peel potatoes. Sheer
>>>> laziness not to.
>>>
>>>It's not laziness. Some potato treatments are better with the skins on.
>>>New potatoes are usually eaten skin and all. The best garlic mashed
>>>potatoes I have had are made with red potatoes cooked and mashed with
>>>the skins. Fresh cut fries are good with skins on. Home fries are good
>>>with the skin on. Unless the skins are thick and dirty there is no real
>>>need to peel them.
>>
>>Potatoes being in the nightshade family are high in solanine, a toxin,
>>concentrated in the skin and especially the eyes. I enjoy crispy
>>baked potato skin but I'm careful to de-eye and I don't eat more than
>>one at a sitting... and I never ordered baked potatoes at restaurants,
>>they are old and barely washed.
>>For all other uses I peel and de-eye potatoes... there is no way to
>>tell by looking what the level of solanine is. Be sure to peel
>>potatoes if there is any green tinge, which is pretty much present in
>>any stupidmarket spuds as they are packaged in clear plastic bags, are
>>generally stored at warm temperature and are usually old.
>>Not peeling potatoes is indicative of Laziness and Stupidity:
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato
>
>You're probably basing this on information from the 50s. Or not even
>that. Potato skins, especially from organic potatoes are good for you.

I KNEW EARLY ON THAT YOU ARE AN IMBECILE.