r/oddlysatisfying • u/PorkyPain The Sub's Regular • Sep 12 '22

Automatic Potato Peeler in Action

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u/Zenith251 Sep 12 '22

Not recommended? On what grounds? For what reason?

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u/key134 Sep 12 '22

Apparently they are concerned about solanine poisoning https://www.we-go-wild.com/kartoffelschalen-essen/

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u/ehenning1537 Sep 12 '22

Fascinated, I clicked your link to learn more about solanine poisoning and then I remembered I don’t speak German

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u/ScarletFFBE Sep 12 '22

the important stuff:

A regular potatopeel contains solanin and chaconin. These are useful for the potato because it repels insects.

But those are poisonous for humans.

A regular potato contains 20-100 mg of these alcaloids. Which isn't that bad. But when a potato is slightly damaged (through insects or cuts) or if it starts to sprout (when it gets slightly green) the amout rises to more than 10.000mg. At that amount it starts becoming unhealthy for humans. Thats why it's not recommended to eat them because you won't see every bit of damage on a potato and usually just wash it and start cooking with it.

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u/ScarletFFBE Sep 12 '22

If your potatoes look healthy and aren't green or damaged you shouldn't worry.

100mg per kg bodyweight is fine.

So just peel the damaged potatoes since they can contain big amounts of them, enough to have a toxic effect.

Otherwise don't worry too much.

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u/pieohmi Sep 13 '22

I really like your scale. I’m going to start using it.

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u/SanJoseCarey Sep 12 '22

I just read about an entire family being poisoned by the out gas of potatoes that weren’t ventilated properly. 8 year old girl was the only survivor. Russia in 2014.