I thought that potatoes were part of the nightshade variety and were not supposed to be eaten raw. I heard that they could be harmful when eaten raw. You know..."THEY say..." whoever 'they' are.... Cherie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne Of course, Patti, you do know that potatoes originated in Peru, not Ireland. But after the Brits chased the Irish off all the good land and onto the rocky soil of Western Ireland, the Irish found that at least potatoes would grow. I love 'em. too. but not raw. I am allergic to a raw potato held in my hand and I will break out in hives if I try to peel a potato. So, like Grandma, I cook them with their jackets on. And eat the jackets, too. Sure Manna was Grits. That's why they only lasted one day before they spoiled. Marilynn IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Armstrong" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >I think I feel about potatoes as you feel about grits. I never met one I > didn't like and they can be cooked or not. Not the sweet potato types but > the whites, reds, blues, yellows etc. > Must have some Irish in there somewhere. > Patti > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:39 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne > > >> "Man does not live by bread alone." That is why grits were invented. >> Some think that the manna eaten by exiled slaves for forty years in the >> desert, was really grits. >> >> Too good for exiled slaves, I say! >> >> I was raised on grits. That form of corn was always more agreeable to >> me than the kind that was aged in an ash barrel for four years and then >> bottled. >> >> Tom >> >> Patti Armstrong wrote: >> > grits and cream of wheat are like little marbles rolling around in >> > one's >> > mouth. They are ugly no matter what you put on them. >> > Patti >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Fount Armstrong" <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:40 AM >> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/06 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Darn Grandmother. Trying to get rid of me, huh? Always handing me a piece of raw potato and wondering why I spit it out. Smart kid, that's me. "C. Koch" <[email protected]> wrote: I thought that potatoes were part of the nightshade variety and were not supposed to be eaten raw. I heard that they could be harmful when eaten raw. You know..."THEY say..." whoever 'they' are.... Cherie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilynn Masten" To: Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne Of course, Patti, you do know that potatoes originated in Peru, not Ireland. But after the Brits chased the Irish off all the good land and onto the rocky soil of Western Ireland, the Irish found that at least potatoes would grow. I love 'em. too. but not raw. I am allergic to a raw potato held in my hand and I will break out in hives if I try to peel a potato. So, like Grandma, I cook them with their jackets on. And eat the jackets, too. Sure Manna was Grits. That's why they only lasted one day before they spoiled. Marilynn IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Armstrong" To: Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >I think I feel about potatoes as you feel about grits. I never met one I > didn't like and they can be cooked or not. Not the sweet potato types but > the whites, reds, blues, yellows etc. > Must have some Irish in there somewhere. > Patti > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas S. Fiske" > To: > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:39 AM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne > > >> "Man does not live by bread alone." That is why grits were invented. >> Some think that the manna eaten by exiled slaves for forty years in the >> desert, was really grits. >> >> Too good for exiled slaves, I say! >> >> I was raised on grits. That form of corn was always more agreeable to >> me than the kind that was aged in an ash barrel for four years and then >> bottled. >> >> Tom >> >> Patti Armstrong wrote: >> > grits and cream of wheat are like little marbles rolling around in >> > one's >> > mouth. They are ugly no matter what you put on them. >> > Patti >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Fount Armstrong" >> > To: >> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:40 AM >> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/06 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message HRH "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving > safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in > sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, > totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com

"Always handing me a piece of raw potato and wondering why I spit it out." The humble potato CAN make you very sick actually. If you eat a green one, it's toxic, and can make you sick. If you're pregnant, stay well away from potatoes with even a HINT of green, it was said to cause spina bifida in unborn babies of pregnant mothers who ate green potatoes!!! Peter, my obstetrician when I had my first son, said many moons ago it would've been given as the cause of my first son's spina bifida but "these days we just don't have green potatoes". We don't? HA!! I ate them, just sliced off the green bits thinking they were okay. Nope!! My first son was stillborn, so stay away from green potatoes folks!!!!!!! We used to use raw potatoes to make "stamps" with, did you ever do that Marilynn? That was fun, carving "stuff" onto a sliced potato, dipping it in paint and printing it on paper. I'm suddenly feeling very old with these old memories!! lol Take care, Rob.

My grandmother not only ate raw potatos, she ate raw hamburger ! She was not on the Armstrong side. LOL >From: "Robyn Leeds" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne OT >Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 16:14:16 -0400 > >"Always handing me a piece of raw potato and wondering why I spit it out." > >The humble potato CAN make you very sick actually. If you eat a green one, >it's toxic, and can make you sick. If you're pregnant, stay well away from >potatoes with even a HINT of green, it was said to cause spina bifida in >unborn babies of pregnant mothers who ate green potatoes!!! Peter, my >obstetrician when I had my first son, said many moons ago it would've been >given as the cause of my first son's spina bifida but "these days we just >don't have green potatoes". We don't? HA!! I ate them, just sliced off >the green bits thinking they were okay. Nope!! My first son was >stillborn, so stay away from green potatoes folks!!!!!!! > >We used to use raw potatoes to make "stamps" with, did you ever do that >Marilynn? That was fun, carving "stuff" onto a sliced potato, dipping it >in paint and printing it on paper. I'm suddenly feeling very old with >these old memories!! lol > >Take care, > >Rob. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message