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[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

it's also poisonous! potatoes are related to deadly nightshade, but much less potent. cooking them makes the glycoalcaloids break down.

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't tomatoes that are related to Nightshade and that's why they were considered poisonous for so long?

Potatoes have a flower that's poisonous so people initially avoided eating any part of the plant but fed potatoes to livestock.

[–] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

Tomatoes and potatoes are both from nightshade family. Tomatoes were considered poisonous because they did poison people, either by belladonna being mistaken for tomato or the lead silverware leeching, it's relation to the family happened to take the fall for these poisonings.

[–] stratoscaster@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No they are not, that is a wives tale.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

it's not. they do contain glycoalcaloids, which are toxic. however, unless the skin has been exposed to sunlight during growth the concentration tends to be low.

[–] stratoscaster@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago (1 children)

Right, my knowledge was that the rest of the plant was poisonous, not the potato itself. But obviously once it starts sprouting it'll become poisonous.

I guess you're right on a technicality fair enough lolll

Thanks

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 13 minutes ago

no the tuber is also toxic when raw. it's just not very toxic. eat a few hundred grams though and you will have moderate issues.