you peel it and cut it with a sharp knife and eat it
We cook potatoes as if they are eaten raw they can cause severe stomach upset and cramps.
As long as it's not green. Potatoes have been eaten raw by many a hungry person. If your thinking it's going to taste like a cooked potato you will be mistaken it is like any other raw tuber. Raw potatoes are used in potato salad and added thin sliced to the occasional green salad.
Can be eaten either raw or cooked!
So you can eat them. I can assure you a cooked/boiled potatoe tastes a hell of a lot better than a raw one.
it is eaten raw by humans
Raw potatoes can be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella and other disease-causing organisms are found in soil and potatoes are grown in soil.
Most fruits and some vegetables are best eaten raw.
Chicken and pork are the two that are on the top of the list. It is also said that hamburger should not be eaten raw either. It's best to consider the foods that can be eaten raw, such as vegetables, and just avoid eating anything else raw. Many of the foodborne illnesses that have occurred came from raw fruits and vegetables, like sprouts, spinach, mesclun, raspberries, fresh basil, tomatoes, green onions, and hot peppers.
Tatties and neeps (potatoes and turnips) are eaten with haggis
Yes, chorizo can be eaten as raw with the help of drier cured sausage.
There are tons of foods you can eat raw (example: fruits, veggies, fish). But some foods will make you sick if you eat them raw, because of bacterias (from a little vomit-sick to hospital-sick), while some foods just taste horrible while raw (example: potatoes),
they were never eaten until 1987