Check your stash: if potatoes look like this, you need to discard them
Created: 08/06/2022, 09:35
By: Andrea Stettner
“Be sure to throw away sprouting potatoes,” our grandmothers already knew.
But when are sprouted potatoes poisonous?
Is it enough to peel them?
Just bought it, and then this: The potatoes start to sprout - tender, green shoots sprout from the juicy tubers.
This happens very quickly, especially in warm, bright kitchens.
But are sprouting potatoes really inedible or can I still eat them?
Sprouting potatoes: throw away or cut away, that is the question.
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Take a close look at sprouting potatoes
"Whether you can still eat potatoes, regardless of whether they're baked or cooked differently, depends on what they look like," reveals Harald Seitz from the Federal Center for Nutrition on bild.de.
Because: The more shoots you can see, the more solanine is produced in the potato - and that's
poisonous
.
The consequences:
headaches, nausea and vomiting through to breathing problems
.
However, if you follow these rules, nothing should happen to you:
Potatoes that are already
shriveled and covered with lots of buds
must be thrown away.
Peeling isn't enough because it doesn't remove all the inedible parts.
Meanwhile, RUHR24* reveals a trick on how to peel potatoes faster.
On the other hand, if the potato is still
turgid and only germinates in a few places
, you can still eat it.
According to the expert, no more than three to five sprouts should be visible on small potatoes, and no more than four to eight on hand-sized potatoes.
Incidentally, in contrast to table potatoes, seed potatoes (seed potatoes) are encouraged to sprout: Read here why now is the perfect time to let potatoes sprout.
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