View Full Version : Do you eat green potato chips?
I'm sitting here eating chips and found one with a bit of green around the edge.
michaema
10-09-2007, 12:03 PM
Im sure there's nothing wrong with eating green chips, but i dont eat them anyways. I guess the idea of a green anything when the rest are different colors says somethings wrong with it.
umcthomas
10-09-2007, 12:03 PM
Green potato chips contain poison:
http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/potato.asp
I've heard that a) green chips won't do anything to you, 2) green chips will cause a tummy ache, 3) green potato chips may kill you.
I just avoid the whole problem and don't eat them.
T
camoor
10-09-2007, 12:04 PM
Better get mom to cut the crusts off your PB&J too, Nancy.
youruglyclone
10-09-2007, 12:05 PM
voted yes...but after reading this
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_055b.html
I might be inclined to do otherwise
CrimGhost
10-09-2007, 12:08 PM
Yeah, the blue ones too. They make the walls melt.
Jewelz23
10-09-2007, 12:20 PM
I toss the entire chip, I am not taking any chances.
hell I don't even drink Soda if the expiration date is near.
Maklershed
10-09-2007, 12:22 PM
Unless it's a vegetable, I dont eat green anything. Does anyone remember when Heinz rolled out that ketchup with different colors (one of them being green)? I'm sure it probably tasted the same as normal ketchup but it looked absolutely hideous. No way I'm putting some green meta substance on my fries.
umcthomas
10-09-2007, 12:26 PM
I forgot about colored ketchup. That was awesome. I think if gave you superpowers too, but since no one ate the stuff, no one got the powers.
thegarageband
10-09-2007, 12:33 PM
You better have some sourdough/green onion dip with them chips. Also, is it just me or do the ones that are slightly burned a bit above the rest in the flavor factor?
getmeoutofjoliet
10-09-2007, 12:42 PM
Green chips come from Potatoes that were exposed to the sun during the growing process. There's nothing wrong with them.
Hmm guess breaking off just the green bit is in the minority. It's what I do. I think it's a combination of my being really picky, but also such a cheap ass that I don't want to toss the entire chip. :lol:
fart_bubble
10-09-2007, 12:57 PM
Green chips come from Potatoes that were exposed to the sun during the growing process. There's nothing wrong with them.
beat me to it. and yep, nothing wrong though the myths try to say otherwise
musha666
10-09-2007, 12:59 PM
I would eat them. They go good with a nice warm bubbly glass of blue milk.
Number83
10-09-2007, 01:00 PM
I just can't do it. I throw the whole chip out. If my bag has more than 1, I call the 800 number. They have yet to send me a free bag!
mr ryles
10-09-2007, 01:00 PM
theres these guacamole chips that are pretty good.
they are green.
michaema
10-09-2007, 01:06 PM
theres these guacamole chips that are pretty good.
they are green.
I guess if you eat these chips you have no idea if you are eating one of the green ones caused by the exposure to light. Out of sight, out of mind :)
GuilewasNK
10-09-2007, 02:14 PM
No I don't eat the green ones, but the blue ones are awesome.
http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=2434
AshesofWake
10-09-2007, 07:11 PM
i eat em, don't give a shit
I haven't seen a green potato chip since the '80s.
PenguinoMF
10-09-2007, 07:40 PM
I won't eat them. If the chip is big enough I break off the green and eat the rest.
The Mana Knight
10-09-2007, 08:11 PM
Ewww. By thinking of this thread title makes me want to puke. I throw them out. I accidentally had a portion of one and it was the worst tasting thing in the world. I also do that to green fries.
electronicmaji
10-09-2007, 08:17 PM
I know better than to throw away taters...
crystalklear64
10-09-2007, 08:57 PM
Eh, I put them back in the bag.
shieryda
10-09-2007, 09:40 PM
No green, and no black bits. Everything else is fair game.
Sir_Fragalot
10-09-2007, 09:49 PM
I just throw the chip away. Just out of habit.
ratzombie
10-10-2007, 05:05 AM
Blech... I throw the whole damn chip away.
...or give it to a small child.
NamelessMC
10-10-2007, 05:13 AM
I'm amazed that there's an almost mirror percentage of people that fully eat them as there are that don't, and the minority of people are the ones that break the green off and eat the rest.
You would think that would be the second place runner up.
There's a lot of people with courageous mouths on this board. Expiration dates, shmexpiration dates- Pfft.
sblymnlcrymnl
10-10-2007, 05:19 AM
I don't think I've ever even seen a green chip that wasn't supposed to be that color.
I don't eat a lot of chips.
Dark Slayer120
10-10-2007, 05:29 AM
Only after throwing glitter on it.....
trunks982
10-10-2007, 09:33 AM
i remember i ate one before. It was in Wise Onion and Garlic bag. hmm hmm tasty. the whole chip wasnt green though.
Mid Boss
10-10-2007, 10:17 AM
No I don't eat the green ones, but the blue ones are awesome.
http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=2434
Oh hell yes! I don't really eat potato chips much anymore, but I tried these the other day and they are damn good.
cletus
10-10-2007, 09:13 PM
Green potato chips contain poison:
http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/potato.asp
From your link:
However, unless you are deliberately seeking out green potatoes to eat, you are unlikely to ingest enough of the toxin to do harm. The potatoes we buy contain such a minute amount of the chemical that a healthy adult would have to eat about 4-1/2 pounds at one sitting to experience any neurological symptoms.
All you people throwing away perfectly good food because of a little discoloring don't deserve to call yourself a cheapass. Quit being so picky and just eat it.
CrimGhost
10-10-2007, 09:27 PM
You people are racist! Green chip pride!
Moxio
10-10-2007, 09:29 PM
I don't think I've ever even seen a green chip that wasn't supposed to be that color.
I don't eat a lot of chips.
Same.
Liquid 2
10-10-2007, 09:32 PM
I don't think I've ever even seen a green chip that wasn't supposed to be that color.
I don't eat a lot of chips.Same.
Cracka
10-10-2007, 10:41 PM
Unless it's a vegetable, I dont eat green anything. Does anyone remember when Heinz rolled out that ketchup with different colors (one of them being green)? I'm sure it probably tasted the same as normal ketchup but it looked absolutely hideous. No way I'm putting some green meta substance on my fries.
vegetables such as...... potatoes
i couldnt eat that green ketchup either. For some reason i talked my parents into buying it but i couldnt eat it cause it looked nasty as hell
sonicfreak5
10-10-2007, 10:42 PM
i remember on the kids show arthur (dont make fun of me, that is the shit) a character thought he was gonna die from eating a green potato chip.
ighosty
10-10-2007, 10:55 PM
Greens my favorite flavor