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From: thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Potato Skin
Message-ID: <5049@reed.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 18:22:30 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 19 18:22:30 1987
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Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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In article <46@houligan.UUCP> mdolin@nugipsy.UUCP writes:
>I'd like to know what is in the skin of potatoes and should it be 
>avoided.

I think that it is _sprouted_ potatos that are poisonous.  The skin, or
the layer immediately under the skin of an _unsprouted_ potato contains
most of the potato's vitamin content.

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		Ann Muir Thomas		tektronix!reed!thoma