Can you eat raw potatoes?!
Can you eat raw potatoes?
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Yes you can just dont eat the green ones as this is poisonous.
Im not sure how good it is for you, but I love raw potatoes, have done since I was a kid!
why not?
Its the Irish national dish.
Umm, they are really hard and taste a bit odd. I did try when I was little and thought, well that's why we don't eat them raw. So no, I wouldn't try it. Carrots are different though, they taste good when they are raw.
Add a little salt.
Yeah, my dad does, there not nice tho!
I don't see why not., but usually people eat potatoes when they are cooked because they taste better.
Whatever rocks your boat
Yes, its the same as eating a raw carrot. Both are forms of roots
Why would you want to? They taste horrible. Also, if there's any green on them, they're toxic, so don't!
You can but they taste gross. I first tried raw potatoes when I was a kid and they are starchy and bitter.
i dont think so but when i was little my mum used to be in the kitchen and i used to pinch some raw potato and eat it she never stoped me from doing it so it must be ok till a certain point
Yes, but you must cook them first.
of course you can....i like to eat small bites while im slicing for recipies, salted thoroughly. my mother always used to let me and my brother eat pieces of raw potato, claimed it helped prevent acne breakouts. dont know if it really does, but it cant hurt. and i kinda like the taste of them. i just dont know if you should eat a lot at one time though
you can...but i think they taste awful raw...apparently my nana used to eat them all the time and she is 98, so I dont think they will do you any harm..
Yeah, you certainly can. The Irish did this for years and then worked out an oven wasn't just for drying clothes on or hiding the kids.
never tried, I will try and tell you later ok?:)
yes
My fella always nicks a raw potato when I stand peeling them and he is always ok he has done it since being a child and loves em.
you can, they won't taste great but yeah you can
of course you can. but whether most people will want to , is another question. arent they hard???
but each to his own. :)
I think you can, but they will probaaly taste nasty!!!
Um... you CAN, but you probably shouldn't. They belong to Solanaceae- the poison nightshade family. Raw potatoes contain toxins that are destroyed through cooking. Although eating a few raw potatoes won't kill you, it may not make you feel too great either.
no
nobody can
yes but its not pleasant
Me, personally? Sure.
NO YOU CAN'T YOU WILL GET WORMS.THEY ARE TOXIC WHEN RAW TO US,YOUR BE BAD........
raw potatoes are ediblr but i wouldnt suggest that you try it> when i was seven i took a bite out of a raw spud and spat it out all over my tshirt> not my favourite memory> living in ireland potatoes are probably the most common food and i have never come accross someone who eats them raw>
Yes, if you wash them well and peel them. I personally don't like them raw but they certainly won't do you any harm.
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L) constitute a very old food, used by people in America, before Christopher Columbus discovered it . It seems to be that old Incas already consumed it habitually . From there it was carried to Europe, although it took quite a long period to be adopted as a food , since the plant was toxic and it was thought that the consumption of the potatoes could cause illness.
Indeed the potato plant is toxic. It contains an alkaloid named solanine that appears in all the external parts of the plant (leaves, stems , flowers and fruits) and also in the tender buds of the tubers when they germinate. The ingestion of the plant produces gastrointestinal, hepatic and heart damage that can be, in case that the ingestion is high, death.