I've cooked in several restaurants and was the kitchen manager in one of them. But I learned the most by spending three years cooking nothing but Japanese, another three cooking nothing but French, off and on Indian food (my son had an interesting childhood), and by being forced to experiment...
Yeah, this is an old thread
But it still currently pops up if you google whether it's safe to eat raw sweet potatoes, which is how I got here. The age of a thread no longer makes much difference. I don't want future searchers to get inadequate information.
some basic info
This is a great site for all kinds of basic information with good scientific backup on various foods:
Raw Food Toxins | VegPeace.org
This is why it isn't sufficient to say "oh, I'm sure it's fine if you like the taste" -
"Sweet potato shows trypsin inhibitor activity. That...