Do you peel potatoes?

I've been reading about solanine which is a toxin found in the nightshade family of plants which includes all types of potatoes farmed for human consumption.

If I buy unwashed spuds I always wash and peel them, but if I buy washed ones generally I don't peel them and leave the skin on when chopping them up to make mashed potato. I'm very careful to ensure any that look green, or a decayed for any reason, don't get used.

How do I make mashed potato you ask? Well boiled potato, with some margarine and cracked black pepper mixed through during the 'mashing' phase.

So do you peel potatoes?

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Nightwings · 31-35, F

I can't get completely washed ones, only more washed than the unwashed which are covered in dirt.

I always leave the skin on becauss it has vitamins in it. I don't think it's bad to eat the skin unless something is wrong with the potato in general?

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Nightwings No, it isn't. The skin is edible.

Don't eat potatoes, or parts of them, that have turned green though - which they do if exposed to light for some time.

Potattoes are often sold in polythene bags. All right for short-term use but not good for longer storage. I open the bags and empty the spuds into a carboard tray (cut from a cereal packet) on the bottom shelf of a kitchen cupboard. So they are kept in the dark and are reasonably well ventilated.