Tips for choosing potatoes delicious, non-toxic on new year

The potatoes were growing sprouts or the skin is blue-very toxic if we take for processing into the dish. Because of potato sprouts contain solanine, a type of glyco-alkaloids of bitter and poisonous.

When the potatoes are blue solanine content of news is reaching dangerous levels of risk. So, shouldn't the processing vegetables are green.

When the level increased solanine, it also created a bitter taste for potatoes after cooked. The solanine biosynthesis appears simultaneously but independently of the chlorophyll biosynthesis; This process can take place does not need the other process. Other than chlorophyll, the formation of solanine don't need light but the light can promote it more quickly. The formation of solanine in potatoes took place on the surface casing, usually no deeper than 3 mm. Peel before processing is how to prevent the risk of causing food poisoning.

Therefore, when going to buy potatoes sisters to note how to choose: 

1. Should

The potato gold will sweet and aromatic than the slightly reclining white potatoes.

-Select the grip paring up seeing heavy, sure hands and heal. The bark is smooth the potato is also good, eat delicious will.

-The potato gold will sweet and aromatic than the slightly reclining white potatoes.

-Should select the tubers are together so it would be processed according to the purpose of cooking .

2. Should not

Do not select the tuber has skin is blue or were growing sprouts because Potatoes grow sprouts very monopolize.

-Avoid picking the tubers skin laxity, squeeze the little software. These are bulbs that have for so long and being withered. The bulbs like to eat will not more nutritious, not sweet.

-Do not check the bulbs have had suffered deep nodules, or dots, black eyes or rot, flowing water.

-The paring fresh but scratched the bark should not be taken as buy the bulbs about if not eaten immediately, while preserving it will rot quickly and spread to the other healthy tubers.

-Do not select these potatoes have more dents, though not pests or broken but very hard to scrape or peel.

Note: do not select the particular bulbs, there are skin turn green or sprouting sprouts because Potatoes grow sprouts very toxic and harmful to health.=

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