Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down135
arrow-up1342arrow-down1imageThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzDrew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·5 hours agoit’s also poisonous! potatoes are related to deadly nightshade, but much less potent. cooking them makes the glycoalcaloids break down.
minus-squareepicstove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·32 minutes agoIsn’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.
minus-squarestratoscaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down7·4 hours agoNo they are not, that is a wives tale.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agoit’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.
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.
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.