Why don people ever eat raw potatoes?
The reason some people don’t eat raw potatoes is that their childhood influences left them with the strange notion that raw potatoes are somehow bad or unpalatable. The variety of comments on this page alone says it all. Some think they’re delicious, some think they taste disgusting. But in truth, they’re 100% free of cholesterol, chemicals, or transfats. They’re truly a natural food, rich in minerals and other good things. They’re a great thirst quencher. When they’re cold, they’re crisp and crunchy. They are not “tasteless” as some say. People in other cultures eat them all the time. You should never, however, eat the peels uncooked. The peels might also be natural, but they’re poisonous when raw and would probably make you very sick.
