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Good argument. However
minecraft:poisonous_potato/sI’ve heard they are poisonous if you eat them raw, but nothing about turning green in the sun or not eating them after they sprout.
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Things are definitely only poisonous if they kill you outright /s
Lectins, anti nutrients, oxalates (though these are not really in potatoes)
From an evolutionary perspective, animals can run away, hide, fight - to survive and reproduce. Plants, however, can’t do any of those things, what they can do, is be toxic so that animals won’t eat them.
That’s my strategy, too!
Photo of the back of my chips bag. There are a lot of foods that become poisonous when cooked or heated.
You can read more about it on wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide
That are conclusions from heatox project. https://cordis.europa.eu/docs/results/506/506820/heatox-final-report-revised2-070924-final.pdf
Wow that is a Ton of information!
there are project details https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/506820/reporting, official website is down but there is also this one if you’re interested in this topic
“guidance on the measures to be taken by food manufacturers and consumers in order to reduce the acrylamide content of food products”
Money says this turns out like engineering tomatoes. They decided consumers wanted a more consistently colored skin, more spherical fruit. Yeah. Tweaking those genes took out the sugars and acids, which is why tomatoes taste like cardboard today.
“Let’s take a non-issue and tweak it!”
