By Joanairey
Middlesex, United Kingdom
Hi All
I'm just harvesting some of my Nicola potatoes and got the following. Could someone please tell me something about the darker three? Are they meant to be eaten? I have noticed before that you sometimes get a dark one but it is usually uselessly squashed. Sorry if this is a dumb question as usual!
- 9 Jul, 2019
Answers
Did the dark ones all come off the same plant? If so it might have been a different variety that got with the seed potatoes by mistake? They do have a greenish look under the skin though - try peeling one and if it is green discard it.
9 Jul, 2019
I'd certainly scrape the skin back and see if the tuber is green. if they are don't eat. I suspect they might have been at the surface or from a different variety as Stera suggests.
10 Jul, 2019
Thanks for your comments.
They came out of the same container but I think each one is from a separate tuber. I tend to put three in a container. One has gone rather soft so I will throw that one away.
10 Jul, 2019
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Those look fine. Only don't eat any 'green potatoes'. Those aren't green. It's just a darker variety, maybe red which are yummy! I'd be curious to try it.
9 Jul, 2019