2006-10-23 18:19:15 · 8 answers · asked by penhabsa 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Tomato, potato, eggplant, and capsicum are all species of the nightshade family of plants. other species in this family were in olden times used as a poison.
So these plants contain same poiseners, but on a smaller scale. Unless triggered by something then become toxic. Ie green potatos.
2006-10-23 18:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is said that they are poisonous due to a chemical within it when it is green. Green skin on potatoes is caused by exposure to the light. This makes the potato bitter and inedible. Potatoes eyes are poisonous.
2006-10-24 01:44:38 · answer #2 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Potatos that come to the surface of the ground during growth will turn green from exposure to sunlight. This causes the chemical change that make them poisonous.
2006-10-24 01:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by MR HENRY S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If meat turned green it would be spoiled. Potatoes that turn green do it because they are exposed to sunlight and it changes their composition. They are not spoiled, as in rotten.
2006-10-24 01:23:42 · answer #4 · answered by Joanne B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This isn't an answer but the answer above is wrong. The green doesn't mean the potato has gone bad...
2006-10-24 01:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because once it's green it contains higher concentrations of a poisonous substance called Solanine
read about solanine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanine
2006-10-24 01:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well think about it....wouldn't meat be poisonous if it turned green too?
2006-10-24 01:20:49 · answer #7 · answered by x_athymia_x 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I didn't know this.
2006-10-24 02:02:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋