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. what is the use for poisonous potatoes in minecraft; OH GOD