Message to Potatoes

[Brickjectivity]

Dear potatoes

You who have been trying to kill us
you fiends producing lectins
We will defend our children

I would burn every tree, kill every grape.
I don't care who you are.
Stop trying to kill us

Dastardly nighshades.
You insignificant germs.
You plan to kill us?

We are your gods

We were your brothers but no more.
We were you friends.
We loved you, and you betrayed us.
In betraying us you have betrayed yourselves.

Goodbye

 

[Ellen Brown]

Dear potatoes

You who have been trying to kill us
you fiends producing lectins
We will defend our children

I would burn every tree, kill every grape.
I don't care who you are.
Stop trying to kill us

Dastardly nighshades.
You insignificant germs.
You plan to kill us?

We are your gods

We were your brothers but no more.
We were you friends.
We loved you, and you betrayed us.
In betraying us you have betrayed yourselves.

Goodbye

Having a severe attack of Diverticulitis, and was just told that peeled potatoes are good for me. If the Diverticulitis doesn't get me then perhaps the COPD, or Kidney Failure then. Just hanging around for the fun.

 

[Willamena]

Why are you taking your hated of potatoes out on grapes? I don't understand...!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

More for me, I guess. Unless you're eating a truckload at once, eating ones that have greened, or wild ones, they aren't going to kill you. Not, unless that is, you plan on engorging your belly with a sack of raw potatoes. Then the lectin may give you some problems. But the lectin in raw plants (it's found in WAY more than potatoes) is destroyed in the cooking process.
And if lectins are your concern, you'll want to throw some other foods out long before potatoes. But even a toxic raw kidney bean becomes non-toxic once it's cooked.

 

[Ellen Brown]

More for me, I guess. Unless you're eating a truckload at once, eating ones that have greened, or wild ones, they aren't going to kill you. Not, unless that is, you plan on engorging your belly with a sack of raw potatoes. Then the lectin may give you some problems. But the lectin in raw plants (it's found in WAY more than potatoes) is destroyed in the cooking process.
And if lectins are your concern, you'll want to throw some other foods out long before potatoes. But even a toxic raw kidney bean becomes non-toxic once it's cooked.

I was told that the buds on potatoes are poison.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I was told that the buds on potatoes are poison.

Yup. Those too. But otherwise potatoes are safe.
And it has to be considered we've been eating them for about 4,500 years, it's been very important to a few cultures such as the Irish, the Swedes turned it into alcohol, and the potato quickly became a staple food as its presence expanded around the world. Of course just because we've been doing something for a long time doesn't necessarily make it a good thing, but unless you're diabetic or over eating them potatoes haven't been shown to be bad (but rather a healthy food option). They're a complex carbohydrate, low calorie, a good source of a few vitamins and minerals, no cholesterol, and delicious when cooked in various ways and paired with various herbs without resorting to fryers, fatty oils, or high-sodium seasonings.

 

[Brickjectivity]

'The Plant Paradox' by Steven Gundry MD-- A Commentary <-- found this criticism of the Gundry book. It suggests that potatoes have been maligned falsely.

Also this Why You Should Ignore “The Plant Paradox” by Steven Gundry

Dear Potatoes

Everybody makes mistakes
sometimes we need a second chance
Lets put our figurative knives away

Lets forgive and forget harsh words
mashed together ideas
fried ideas which have no nutritional value

Those things I said were sour cream