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Safe to eat?

scottjones83952
scottjones83952 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
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Just cut into my (orange) sweet potato and it's half white and half orange. Is this just what happens when they go bad or some kind of weird hybrid ?

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  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    I personally would be disturbed and not eat it. But I have no scientific justification for that.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Maybe it was cross breed during flowering. Does it have a funny scent?
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Could also be associated with soil type. I often get multicolored potatoes. But if smells funny, don't eat it!
  • scottjones83952
    scottjones83952 Posts: 2 Member
    Can't smell anything but gonna play it safe..just in case
  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    Google too. I'm intrigued.
  • brittyn3
    brittyn3 Posts: 481 Member
    It looks like it could be bleached from sun? I probably would taste it out of curiosity... haha.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Looks like a half sweet potato half normal potato.... weird....
  • RedSquadronLeader
    RedSquadronLeader Posts: 84 Member
    My guess is it's an accidental hybrid and it's got potato and sweet potato sets of DNA, like different species of corn will do, and cauliflower (have you seen the new orange/purple cauliflower?) and cabbage. So I'd guess it's safe, but I'd still feed it to someone I didn't like first. ;)

    I think I'll google this tonight.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I say it is a chimera and only half has vitamin A.
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