"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> "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.
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>>> 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.
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>> 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!
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> I throw out green potatoes, but if there are a few white sprouts I simply
> cut them off and peel the potato as usual.

That's what I used to do. Got away with it for years. But no more.