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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago (12 children)

All fruits can be eaten raw, right ? Ok, now eat the raw potato.

[–] wrinkletip@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Raw potato (peeled) is quite delicious.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 12 points 2 days ago (7 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 2 points 2 days 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 6 points 2 days 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.

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