On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:33:40 +0000, Jane Ransom
wrote:

A rather adventurous friend of mine, when he recently dug up his french
beans, decided that french bean roots looked really appetising. He duly
scrubbed em and boiled em up and ate em. Said they tasted delicious.
Then he spent the next three or four days in a very sorry state. He
didn't die but he was extremely uncomfortable and very worried at
times!!!

Very interesting. Most beans have a toxic principle in them that
is only denatured by cooking, for at least ten minutes. I wonder
if the roots are especially full of the stuff?


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada