Potatoes turning green
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My potato plants had lost leaves and dried up so I decided to dig them out. So proud of my harvest!! I’ve stored them near a window looking forward to cooking hash browns one of these days. But alas! They’re turning green! You think I could still eat them, not poisonous?? Too bad if I couldn’t… 🙁
It’s solanine in the potato skin and can only be poisonous if taken in large quantity (more than 1 potato).
Just peel them off and it’s fine.
Enjoy your harvest! !
Cook potatoes as usual as long as they’re peeled. Altho you need large amount of skin to ingest for it to be risky to health, I suggest to just peel them all. This way, you don’t have any “what ifs”. 🙂
Avoid having green-skinned potatoes by storing them in a cool place, not exposed to the sun.
I think this is also true for carrots.
Interestingly, for carrots they don’t produce solanine when the roots are exposed to sun and turn green. Therefore, there’s no danger in eating the green part.
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