dirty potatoes store better than clean? Comments on 2002 harvest
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sniped insanity Question: does a potato have all the essential nutrients that a human can live on potatoes alone? If my memory is correct, a potato is like rice in that one can almost live on those 2 staples without any other nourishment for a considerable length of time. I had heard a number of years ago that potatoes (raw /with/ the skins) and a glass of milk would keep you alive for a life time[0]. Some googleing says: Potatoes might alone might last a person about 3 years. Sweet potatoes are more nutritious than white potatoes. It takes 24 gallons of water to get one pound of potatoes. Most of the vitamin C is right under the skin and boiling them doesn't mess that up if boiled whole but the larger the chunks the better you are. Don't eat green potato skin (if anyone is not aware of that by now: they are probably dead already). Potatoes have no fat. The Irish lived almost exclusively off of them. They are almost 60% carbs and 10% protein. And most importantly you can not live off vodka but you can't live without it. You know a Google search was comprehensive when you find a zetatalk link. =( I suspect it is not true for the tomato. Potatoes are related to deadly night shade and tobacco. Not to tomatoes. And you can't live on potatoes. '---...____ Faux_Pseudo ________________...---~~~ [0] You get what anyone gets. You get a life time. -- Death -- ICQ=66618055 : (Now Playing) http://asciipr0n.com/fp updated=10/12 YIM=faux_pseudo : Rev: /smashing_pumkins/earphoria/07_-_I_Am_One.mp3 I am the need you: Now: /smashing_pumkins/unique/sadpeterpan.mp3 have for more : Fwd: /smashing_pumkins/unique/DoyoucloseyourEyes.mp3 |
dirty potatoes store better than clean? Comments on 2002 harvest
In article , NOdtgEMAIL wrote:
Today I harvested the potatoes and onions. I use a pitchfork and I can tell when potatoes are ready to harvest for they seem to push the tubers protruding out of the ground, so dense underneath with tubers. And I was wondering about something. I know dogs and cats and birds like to get dusted and dirtied as to keep parasites off their skins and hides. So I was wondering if dirty potatoes store better than clean washed potatoes? As a general principle washed spuds go off *much* quicker than unwashed. This is certainly true of retail lines, but perhaps home washing is not so bad. Not sure why this is so. Probably something to do with both skin damage during washing and spreading of disease spores during the process. I gather that washing commercial eggs is forbidden in some places for the latter reason too. (But in that case I believe it's the probability of spreading nasties such as Salmonella through the batch that is the cause for concern.) [Snipped rest.] Cheers, Phred. -- LID |
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