Re: The great French Fry debacle

From: Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 05:38:33 -0000

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "debadger"
<debadger_at_p...> wrote:
> "Food of a different kind or character"... would be, erm...cooked,
actually
> if by 'cooked' you mean turning something that cannot be eaten raw
into
> something that can be eaten (grain is not eaten raw, vegetables
usually can
> be although some are pretty nasty raw) Anyone actually EATEN raw
potatos?
> Can you? I know some tubers like tapioca are poisonous if eaten raw.
 (and
> WHO got sick after eating it raw and figured out to cook it?!)
>
> Are french fries always batter coated? I thought they often were
just
> sliced, sometimes dusted with flavorings and always deep fried.
>
> Elena

Dunno about the "can't be eaten" part. I know you're not supposed to
eat potato LEAVES, nor any part of the potato that is green (exposed
to sunlight while growing). Something about the chemical combination
that makes it bad for you. What bugs me is, they also included
"cured" (brine?) veggies, which I assume includes pickles and soaked
olives. Ya call that fresh?

I've tried nibbling a raw potato, the one time they actually grew in
the garden. Tastes like...raw potato. (And all the organic magazines
rave about the incredible taste difference between store-bought, etc.)

Battered? Try Popeye's. Or KFC. It's rather bloody obvious at those
places.

--D.
Received on 2004-06-18 22:38:35