As a child I used to sneak pieces as my mother peeled them and in high
school, many kids ate them raw to hide the smell of alcohol or cigarettes,
but which one escapes me.  Could have been both.  Oliva

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From: "Todd Moody" <[log in to unmask]>
this supports
the observation made by a number of people on this list some time ago
that potatoes are indeed edible raw.  I recall one person saying that
he ate them that way regularly while in college.  The small amount of
alkaloids in the actual "meat" of the potato would pose no problem.  I
had not known that the alkaloids were mainly in the flowers, sprouts,
and peels.