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.
Right, my knowledge was that the rest of the plant was poisonous, not the potato itself. But obviously once it starts sprouting it’ll become poisonous.
I guess you’re right on a technicality fair enough lolll
it’s also poisonous! potatoes are related to deadly nightshade, but much less potent. cooking them makes the glycoalcaloids break down.
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.
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.
No they are not, that is a wives tale.
it’s not. they do contain glycoalcaloids, which are toxic. however, unless the skin has been exposed to sunlight during growth the concentration tends to be low.
Most things are toxic, it’s the dose that makes it harmful.
Right, my knowledge was that the rest of the plant was poisonous, not the potato itself. But obviously once it starts sprouting it’ll become poisonous.
I guess you’re right on a technicality fair enough lolll
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no the tuber is also toxic when raw. it’s just not very toxic. eat a few hundred grams though and you will have moderate issues.