To eat these potatoes?

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There may be a tiny little bit of mouldy stuff on the sprouty bits but they're not soft or green inside. Can I eat them? Will I die horribly?

Meh! That's what normal potatoes looked like when I was growing up

My Dad used to buy a huge sack from the local farm and by the time you got midway through, they all looked like that.

Eat them.

My potatoes always look like this!!

We grow our own potatoes and they look fine to me.

But maybe think a bit more about where to store them next time.

Thats what potatoes look like! If green, soft throw them

Thats normal to me!

I thought so! My grandad does not believe in use by dates or binning anything so I'm sure I've eaten much worse than that. I always cut the sprouty bits out but had a wobble about the mould.

I do I. Just cut all the sprouty things off and don't tell dh

It'll go lovely with my slightly out of date reduced salad and mayo that's been out of the fridge for a few days but hasn't killed me yet

It will dh doesn't know half of what he eats is slightly out of date he would be horrified

Yep eat them! There was a potato advert recently that said "you don't have to throw me outty even if I go sprouty!". Lol I think it was from love food hate waste.

Yep that's what my spuds look like most of the time.

This week, we've eaten soft potatoes with 10 inch stalks on them that were harvested about 6 months ago.

I won't eat green ones, but otherwise not very fussy!

Why shouldn't you eat green potatoes? might have cooked some on Sunday because I couldn't be arsed to nip to the shops

Don't worry Disco, you'll be fine. I often chop off the green bits, but not all. You'd know by now if they'd disagreed with you

Why shouldn't you eat green potatoes?

The green parts are poisonous. I believe, in sufficient quantities, they could, theoretically, kill you. However, a vigorous peeling is usually enough to put you out of danger.

You have to eat quite a lot of green bits for it to be a problem though.

I can't even touch a sprouty potato

I think green potatoes are kind of like daddy long legses - poisonous, but you'd need so much/many to overwhelm a human that it's practically negligible

Daddy long legs are poisonous? Since when?!?!

I would eat them provided they're not squidgy. Once they become soft they're past it imo.

normal looking potato. just peel it.

Does anyone know anyone at all - even someone's aunt's friend - who has been poisoned from eating green potatoes?

Sorry Disco - googled it just now and it appears to be a myth. False alarm!!

www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.asp

(sorry all)