[Dailydrool] Potatoes! I ask you. - Warning - Green potatoes

[R Groves]

Just keep in mind. green potatoes are bad! Can be *very* bad.  They contain
higher amounts of solanine, which is toxic to human and hound.  The amount
to ingest is different from them to us, but still if the potatoes are green
keep them away from the hounds.. (green skin, eyelets, green sprouts, all
contain solanine)

 

Human:

http://drbenkim.com/green-potato-solanine-dangers.html

 

Hounds:

http://www.vetinfo.com/fish-potato-dog-food.html

 

Both:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15036866

 

 

Solanine is found in the "nightshade" plants; ie. belladonna, mandrake,
jimson weed

 

Decent wiki article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanine 

 

-Robert

 

Subject: [Dailydrool] Potatoes! I ask you.

 

Paddi B Basset loves her veggies... carrots, cabbage, yams, turnip,
tomato... but nothing is quite so toothsome in her view as the humble
potato. We are planting potatoes this year, and we've been a bit slow to get
them actually in the dirt. 

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