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Cleaning soil off potatoes

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  • daylilierdaylilier Posts: 11
    Thank you to everyone who responded.  I'll clean them under hot water & remove the spots with a knife.
    Lisa
    Maine, USA
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm sure they'll taste fine @daylilier  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I do the same, scrape the blemished bits with a small knife. 

    You eat a peck of dirt before you die, my old Mum used to say.
    Rutland, England
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    BenCotto said:


    You eat a peck of dirt before you die, my old Mum used to say.
    It's a wonder I'm still here!
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    I also think it looks like scab. 
    I have a very old fruit knife with a short blunt, elongated triangular blade set into a horn handle. I only ever use it to remove scab from my potatoes or to skin them although that is rarely as I eat the skins of new and salad potatoes. Scab is caused by planting potatoes in freshly manured ground and is not harmful as far as I know.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Agree with scab - soil will wash away .  If you have one of the old style potato peelers, just use the pointy end to remove the scabby bits - often easier than a knife.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That's just what I've been doing @philippasmith2 - the tatties for the dinner  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    @Fairygirl - enjoy dinner  :D
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Sausage casserole for me and youngest @philippasmith2, with homemade tomato sauce. Roast veg in the oven as well, for my soup.
    I know how to live...
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Stop it @Fairygirl - Beans on toast here( at least home made bread but...........) .  Been too busy in cellar for anything else ). Can't even say I've grown Mushrooms down there to pick ;)
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