Boiled potatoes can be mashed or placed into stews and soups. Fried potatoes are eaten for breakfast in some places and lunch all over. The popular French fries are the way most people prefer their potato even though it is not the healthiest of foods.
Picking the Right Potato
Potatoes grow in the dirt. When choosing a good one, look for any types of spots, blemishes, or nicks. Spots or blemishes indicate that there may be a problem with the potato. Nicks can introduce bacteria and bugs into the flesh of the vegetable.
The flesh should be creamy and the skin light brown to red - there are potatoes with very dark, almost black skin - depending on the variety. The flesh turns green when potatoes are exposed to light. The green areas should not be eaten at all, as this greening indicates a higher presence of solanine, a toxic substance, that is good for health. toxic substances concentrate near the skin.
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