----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Getty <[log in to unmask]> > I am eating quite a bit of turnips, rutabagas, carrots, sweet potatoes, > beets and kohlrabi. But the Paleo diet seemed so > vehemently against Irish potatoes. What do you think about them, Amadeus? I'm also sceptical towards white potatoes. Are they edible raw? (in any significant quatity) When I dig up the first new potatoes, I like to eat raw one or two small ones (but not more than that) I tend to think that the main problem with white potatoes, is that they are "bland-filler-stuff ", that takes up room for better foods with more , vitamins and minerals. As an example - before potatoes came to Europe, kale was eaten "instead" of potatoes (as a winter-food). Kale is far more nutritious than potatoes. Esben