Topic: Chitting potatoes - safe to eat ?

[nell]

A question please - are potatos that have started to sprout safe to eat ? (I've a row of Maris Pipers in the ground that I've been digging as we need them - they are all now chitting too) - or will they have too much solanum content.

[tim]

No expert here, but I'm rubbing chits off some of our stored ones, & I've not infrequently had chitting potatoes from Tesco.

[Robert_Brenchley]

They're perfectly safe. I've often eaten them chits and all.

[saddad]

Like Rhubarb the poisonous bit is the green... a chemist friend once explained it to me but I've forgotten all the paths...
 ::)

[Larkshall]

The only parts which are not safe to eat are those which have turned green. If it is the tubers which are green (due to exposure to the sun), then cut away the green part, the rest is OK.

[telboy]

Just rub off the 'chits'. This works with stored pots. also, stops them going soft.

[nell]

Thanks, that's great ! (I think I'll dig the rest up before the chits turn into leaves)   

[cacran]

Does it mean that if a potato is greenish in parts, I have to throw it all away or can I cut the green bit off and eat the rest? I often get them going green when I store them, is it because the light has got to them?

[supersprout]

just cut the green bits off :)

[cornykev]

:) When you store them Cacran put them in a Hessian or paper sack that keeps the light out,  dark,dry, cold storage should be about right.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[cacran]

Thanks for the advice. I will follow your advice.

[Barnowl]

I rather cheekily asked for and got a free spud sack from the vegetable stall at our "farmer's" market  :)

[cornykev]

:) Good for you mate but if you don't ask you don't get.    :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;)