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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Mar 18, 2007, at 2:59 PM, Marie McHarry wrote:

> On the off chance that you still haven't gotten James's post, here it
> is. He's right about the green itself not being harmful (but then he
> seems to be right about a lot of things).

Thanks, Marie. It is now four o'clock and-a-half in Phoenix and I  
have not received his original post yet. I did receive his later post  
on canning potatoes. Go ponder.

It is almost always good to receive James' posts--on his good days.  
But I digress.

To the question at hand. I long ago learned (back when I believed  
words when printed) that apples contained a bonus of healthful  
goodies just under the skin, contraindicating peeling. So I didn't  
and I don't. It made and makes sense to me that the sun does good  
things to plants that are often good for we humans.

I extrapolated this logic to potatoes and never peeled them. I got  
joint pain. I stopped eating potatoes. I have now started eating  
potatoes. I now peel them. But I don't feel good about it at all. So  
I seek more information. Alas, as with much of our present world,  
separating fact from promotion staggers one's synaptic resources.