undomesticated mummy about potatoes!!!

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i have a bag of "washed potatoes" (unopened) with "Display until 16th September". Can I use them or should I chuck em?!

Open em and feel em... I would say squidgy gets chucked

I would use em if they aren't green and haven't sprouted

wash 'em and see what they look like, if they're all soft and squashy - then chuck 'em, if they look and 'feel' normal - use 'em

Cheers for that,Spacedonkey and Flamebat.

How do they look, smell and feel? If they're green, chitting, smell musty and feel soft then sling them. Otherwise, you might be OK.

what's chitting?

Chitting is when they start to sprout - the little white sprouty bits are the chits.

Is it bad that I just cut the little sprouty bits off, then ?!

ooh, I've never heard that name for them before. Where's that from?

Me too

Depends on how big the chits are!

More facts...

I don't know where it comes from - it's just the word for a potato shoot. Gardeners call it that as well.

I cut me chits off too

I read somewhere that its ok to eat raw potatoes as long as they aren't green or chitty.

I cut my "chits" off too - as long as they're not 'too' big (ie they wouldn't have rooted themselves if left in soil LOL)

bleurgh - raw potatoes (sp?) taste disgusting!

Still not sure what I'm doing to myself/ds's by feeding us chitted potatoes (do cut the chits off)

PMSL

Only on MN, could a simple thread about potatoes, end up in a discussion about the origin of the word chits.

I love this place.

I don't think you're doing yourself any harm - it's just that chitted potatoes tend not to be as fresh as they could be, and the taste might be affected. It's the combination of green and chitted that might not do you much good because the green skin is mildly poisonous and certainly isn't going to taste nice.

You taking the pee out of my chitting posts, LGJ?

WWB - I know what chitting is as I grow my own potatoes in the garden. People seem to find this a great source of amusement for some reason. And that's even before I tell them about the rhubarb and the broccolli and the onions and the .....etc etc etc oh and the home made jam and soup and chutney.

My Dad was a potato inspector for a while, so I have heard more about potatoes over the years than I care to remember!!

If I recall the site said that the green n chitty was only an issue if they were uncooked...

Now trying to remember why I was reading about eating raw potatoes...

mawbroon, people always think it's funny until you serve them up some home-grown spuds or peas and they taste the difference ...

I'd love to grow my own - too bloody lazy though and never get round to it.

chitty chitty bang bang - love that word! you learn s'thing new every day!

pmsl at cutting my chits off...must confess i also do that.