Rotting potatoes give off a noxious solanine gas that can make a person unconscious if they've inhaled enough. There have even been cases of people dying in their root cellars due to unbeknownst rotting potatoes. 2 нояб. 2016 г.
Can you use a bag of potatoes if one is rotten?
If there is a potato that has a large bad spot, just throw it out. But if the bad spot is small and the potato is salvageable, set the potato aside and away from the other potatoes and use that potato or potatoes first. This will keep the rot from spreading to the rest of the potatoes and ruining the whole bag.
Can you cut off the rotten part of a potato?
When it comes to mold spots, if there is a small patch of mold on the potato, it doesn't mean the vegetable's time is up. As long as the area with the moldy spot is easy to cut off and takes up only a small portion of the potato, the food is still salvageable. Just remove the mold piece and cook the rest.
Can I eat other potatoes if one is moldy?
It's safe to say that if your potatoes growing any amount of mold, they're no longer safe to eat. (And no, you can't just cut the mold off, because the tiny invisible spores could already be growing elsewhere in the tuber.)
Do you have to throw out all potatoes if one is moldy?
Probably not, but it sure won't taste very good and will make everything it is with taste bad too. To avoid wasting all the other ingredients as well as the potatoes, you are best of discarding any you think might be contaminated. Long story short - throw out the ones that were touching the liquid and rotting potato.
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