In uk.rec.gardening Jim Webster wrote:

: you said

: : : Our taste buds do their best to warn us about many plant toxins.

: so do a taste bud test and tell us which are safest, raw red kidney beans or
: raw peppers

It would prove nothing. I never claimed that all plant toxins were
detected - or that the efforts of our taste buds to warn us were
always successful.

....but OK - I reckon paleolithic man might have had red peppers now and
again - (that's what the paleolithic diet web sites say anyway) but I
doubt they ate many kidney beans.

Consequently - I'd go for the peppers seeming more palatable than the
beans - for someone with minimal knowledge of the nutrition involved.
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