"BjørnSteensrud" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:41:23 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Alan S" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:47:16 +1000, "Ozgirl"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>>>>> Ozgirl > wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> : I eat sweet potato skins and pumpkin skins too. I never peel
>>>>> ginger. I
>>>>> : bought a novelty grater once, it is a mini grater, looks just like
>>>>> the
>>>>> : large ones (the pyramid style with a handle on top) but fabulous
>>>>> for : garlic and ginger. Its about 2 inches high. Because the grating
>>>>> holes
>>>>> : are much smaller it is ideal for finely grated small things. Not :
>>>>> suitable for cheese (except the hard, dried out style cheeses) as the
>>>>> : holes are way too small.
>>>>>
>>>>> AHA! Now we know he secret of how you managed to get thin enough etc
>>>>> to
>>>>> be able to eat so much less diabetically:-) All that indigestible
>>>>> fiber(fibre) is what is doing that:-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>lol My family leave their skins on their plate and I dutifully eat
>>>>theirs
>>>
>>> The only time I peel a spud is when there is green skin. Otherwise I
>>> cook and eat it skin and all; that includes mashed spuds.
>>
>> I will no longer eat potatoes with any green or sprouts. I got soooo
>> sick to my stomach after doing that. Angela got sick too.
>
> No wonder you did, the shoots contain solanin, and so do green potatoes.
> Alan, if you got away with cutting away the green part, you were lucky.
> That's just chlorophyll - the entire spud starts producing solanin as a
> defense agains insects (and people). Solanin is a nasty poison!


I throw out green potatoes, but if there are a few white sprouts I simply
cut them off and peel the potato as usual.

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