The Potato
Sir, —Having lately completed the planting of 451 b of Government certified seed potatoes in soil rich in humus (blue lupin, seaweed, etc.), and having disposed of, in the usual way and with the help of neighbours, the firstearly Epicures, imagine my surprise on reading this morning the short item. “Potato ‘Dangerous.’ ” 1 think the scientist should have added that the solanin is contained in the peel or rind and. is dissipated and rendered inert when the whole potato is steamed, baked, or boiled; and when 1 read that “chemically the potato contains citric acid like that of the lemon, which is admirable against scurvy; also potash, which is equally antiscorbutic; and phosphoric acid, yielding phosphorus in a quantity less only than that afforded by the apple and by wheat,” I feel that we may safely continue to use our “invaluable potato” if we grow and cook it in the right way.—Yours, etc., MILLICENT JENNINGS. December 13, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31862, 14 December 1968, Page 12
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160The Potato Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31862, 14 December 1968, Page 12
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