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01-29-2008, 08:05 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oregon
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| | | When do potatoes go bad?
Random question, I know, but I've never been a good cook, and I bought some small red potatoes a couple weeks ago, and now they are sprouting, and getting soft in some spots. Are they still good? Can I just cut the sprouts off?
Thanks 
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01-29-2008, 08:06 PM
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| | | Sprouts=bad |
01-29-2008, 08:07 PM
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| | Damn  I'm boiling some right now, I tried to stay away from the ones with a lot of spouts.
My problem is I buy stuff that I don't use for awhile, so some of it ends up going bad, I need to learn to buy stuff and use it right away 
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01-29-2008, 08:09 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CT
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| | get an indoor planter and grow some more 
but yes, sprouting is essentially a potato going to seed. if they are soft and mushy, even if they don't have sprouts, i'd still toss them.
make sure you store them in a natural fiber bag (no plastic!) you know, a potato sack  somewhere dry and dark, and they will last for quite a while. |
01-29-2008, 08:10 PM
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probably when they start looking like this ... yeah I know they're yams but still! |
01-29-2008, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by treasurehoard 
probably when they start looking like this ... yeah I know they're yams but still! | i didn't know potatoes grow teeth! 
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01-29-2008, 08:33 PM
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| | I grew up on a farm where we grew our own potatoes, and we kept them in cold storage over the winter....we still ate them when they started getting eyes (well, we snapped them off, obviously...) I'm not dead yet, so it can't be that bad 
I agree with kate425, potatoes are bad when they start getting a bit softer than normal...or if the eyes are REALLY bad!
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01-29-2008, 08:53 PM
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| | I think they are also considered "bad" if the skin turns green.....? 
I do find that my white potatoes keep MUCH longer if I keep them in the garage.
The yams/sweet potatoes actually seemed to keep better in the house; in the garage they molded very quickly. |
01-29-2008, 09:02 PM
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| | Garlic sprouts too...which is really strange (imo)
but yeah...i guess if potatos are like garlic then i suppose they wouldnt go bad with sprouts (i used some sprouted garlic in a dish i made)...though the sprouts scared me to death at first...
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01-29-2008, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bee.ron.x3 Garlic sprouts too...which is really strange (imo)
but yeah...i guess if potatos are like garlic then i suppose they wouldnt go bad with sprouts (i used some sprouted garlic in a dish i made)...though the sprouts scared me to death at first... | People eat garlic sprouts (at least Chinese people do), so I assumed any stage between garlic and garlic plant was ok and edible  |
01-29-2008, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tcl People eat garlic sprouts (at least Chinese people do), so I assumed any stage between garlic and garlic plant was ok and edible | yeah, garlic sprouts are good
i usually test the firmness of the potato. if its firm and growing little roots, ill still use them |
01-29-2008, 10:59 PM
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| | | I purchased a bag of potatoes last week, there was a rotten one in the lot - it was so fowl, until you smell one it can not be described. I smell every potato now before preparing! The sprouts have never bothered me though. |
01-29-2008, 10:59 PM
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| | i will eat absolutley anything.
i just cutt of whatever looks like it shouldnt be there (sprouts, mushy bits..) and eat the rest
eh  iv survived this long!
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01-29-2008, 11:06 PM
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| | | i know absolutely nothing about when potatos go bad
but whatever you do, DON'T EAT THE GREEN ONES!
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01-30-2008, 07:52 AM
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| | Pop off the sprouts and cook them anyway. 
Have done so for years also.
There is nothing wrong with the potato. 
TRUE ~do NOT eat GREEN ones.
DO NOT eat the sprouts!
That is all! |
01-30-2008, 08:09 AM
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| | I just made some pierogies the other day using super sprouted potatoes lol
I havent tried them yet (froze em right away ) but I think I'll be ok |
01-30-2008, 08:35 AM
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| | | I've used sprouted potatoes before too, I just cut the sprouts off ... I'm fine and I have a very weak stomach. I have never had mushy ones though. My fridge has a dark drawer in the bottom where I keep the potatoes, they seem to last forever in there. |
01-30-2008, 08:50 AM
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| | | If you still want to use a sprouting potato, cut the sprouts off (not break them) to make sure you're getting rid the toxic parts. don't eat them if they are soft or green. Illness is rare, but possible. |
01-30-2008, 08:52 AM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Utah
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| | ^^ Yep, yep. Sprouting potatoes contain toxic alkaloids. That's why you aren't supposed to eat those ones
I have cut the sprouts off before in a rush & I didn't get sick though |
01-30-2008, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by julia2009 i will eat absolutley anything.
i just cutt of whatever looks like it shouldnt be there (sprouts, mushy bits..) and eat the rest
eh iv survived this long! | Me too. I hate to waste anything. I draw the line at slimy though. If it's slimy, it goes in the trash. |
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01-26-2010, 09:42 PM
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01-26-2010, 09:56 PM
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| | nice necropost...I was actually just thinking I might try those little red potatoes. BF made me this super elaborate birthday dinner and with the steak we had the red potatoes coated in something involving olive oil...yum and i need to branch out from sweet potatoes (so much healthier than regular white, though) |
01-27-2010, 12:07 AM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Earth
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| | wtf are people so concerned about when potatoes go bad? If you think they are bad buy another bag! I just picked up a bag of mini potatoes for $3. They are even multicolored. Brown, red and purple! You cannot beat that with a stick!
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