Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!drutx!slb From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: mashed potatoes and peels Message-ID: <3282@drutx.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 17:46:39 EDT Article-I.D.: drutx.3282 Posted: Thu Jul 18 17:46:39 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 07:42:42 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 35 > Someone called raving about the poison solanine (sp. ? this was radio > and I don't have a Merck handy.) The farmer calmed him down and > assured him that this was only contained in the peels when the > peels were green or greenish in color. > > Ok peel eaters (including myself!) is this cause for concern? What > is solanine? How poisonous? How green is green? Is it really the > peels only? Is this destined to become the great solanine coverup? > -Barry Shein, Boston University I would like to know the answer here, also. I have been told not to eat green potatoes but never why. I think Joy of Cooking mentions it. My assumption was that they would taste bad. However, I have been quite poor in my time, being a single parent for awhile, and there were times when throwing away food of any sort was unthinkable. I found no difference in green potatoes--either in taste or how my body reacted to them. Ever since, I haven't concerned myself with whether they were green. Have I set myself up for problems later by eating these? Or do you have to eat a LOT of potatoes to get the effect? -- Sue Brezden Real World: Room 1B17 Net World: ihnp4!drutx!slb AT&T Information Systems 11900 North Pecos Westminster, Co. 80234 (303)538-3829 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your god may be dead, but mine aren't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~