# Are potatoes that have sprouted safe to eat? (need answer kinda fast)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-potatoes-that-have-sprouted-safe-to-eat-need-answer-kinda-fast/854147 "2020-05-19T21:56:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-potatoes-that-have-sprouted-safe-to-eat-need-answer-kinda-fast/854147/21 "2020-05-21T14:49:46Z")

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That has happened to me occasionally. I simply severed them with a finger nail at skin level and cooked them. I never had a problem.

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-potatoes-that-have-sprouted-safe-to-eat-need-answer-kinda-fast/854147/22 "2020-05-24T06:34:11Z")

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[Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) has just [posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22317122&postcount=17) in another thread an interesting [quotation](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321745)

"A lot of older and wild varieties of potatoes have high concentrations of solanine; some new varieties tested high as well, but most have been taken off the commercial market. "

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