I've argued here before that mere availability and ability to consume without immediate negative consequences isn't enough to ensure that a particular food item is good for us.  The most obvious example from this week is the discovery that at least some of us were eating wheat and barley long before agriculture.  IMHO, you've got to look at the quality of the food item itself rather than rely upon theoretical considerations about whether we may or may not have eaten a particular food.  And, aside from the bad stuff in the skin and particularly the eyes of the potato, we know that the human body isn't meant to handle the highly concentrated carbohydrates in a cooked potato.  As someone else said, might as well just eat a cup of raw sugar or down an Orange Fanta soda.
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