Is there any use to poisonous potatoes in Minecraft?

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I had a stash of poisonous potatoes in my chest (about 4 1/2 stacks) and did not know what to do with it. It poisons me and cannot be used to tame and breed animals and for composting. Villagers also won't breed with that.
How can I use the potatoes? Any help will be appreciated.

user258450 · Accepted Answer

So I think what you can do is when you are hungry, you can cram poisonous potatoes into your mouth, and then you can restore more hunger bars than a normal potato.

Interestingly, a poisonous potato actually restores more hunger and gives more saturation than a normal, unpoisoned potato.

(Minecraft wiki)
Additionally:

To counteract the effects of the poison, you can drink some milk when
you've done eating the poisonous potatoes- it doesn't have any
nutritional value, but will cancel the poisonous effects.

(Neil Slater, via a comment moved to this answer)

JonK · Answer

The only use for the poisonous potato is to eat one to gain the A Balanced Diet advancement, and even then you only need a single one.

nick012000 · Answer

Griefing other players on a multiplayer server.
If you're playing on a multiplayer server, you've got a stash of poisonous potatoes, and you know where another player stores their food, you could potentially sneak into their base, steal their food, and replace it with poisonous potatoes. If they're not paying attention, they could then potentially take and eat those potatoes and get to very low health from the poison damage, then you can finish him off even with a punch.

Is there any use to poisonous potatoes in Minecraft?

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Griefing other players on a multiplayer server.

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