Home – Questions and Answers 1 – Red Inside Is it safe to eat spuds with red inside? I have red fingerling potatoes and they have red inside. The ones that you have are probably the Red Thumb Fingerling potatoes.Yes, you can eat the potatoes if they have a tight skin and don’t seem to have any green spots. While probably most of the potatoes tend have a white or yellowish inside, other varieties actually have red flesh.