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Are sprouted sweet potatoes safe to eat?

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So you've got a potato with eyes. Don't look away. These eyes (or sprout, as they're sometimes called) contain glycoalkaloids, compounds that turn potatoes green and are potentially toxic. Definitely not salad material. But as gross as potato eyes are, they're not ruining the rest of the potato. read more

A sprouted potato is still safe to eat—use the top loop on a vegetable peeler to scoop out sprouts. read more

Here it's implied that sprouted sweet potatoes are edible because they are not from the same family as potatoes (it's like saying arsenic is fine to eat because it's not from the same family as lead) read more

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