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Old 15-11-2007, 09:18 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Are Runner Bean Beans Edible?


In article ,
"Uncle Marvo" writes:
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| IMHO runner bean beans are not as tasty as broad beans. Though when we were
| kids, we used to fight over the "fairy slippers" while mum was splitting the
| runners. They are very tasty raw, as you say, and to the best of my
| knowledge I never died as a result of (usually) winning the fairy slipper
| fight.

I do not know at what stage the toxin develops, but I suspect that it
is associated with ripening. Those would have been very unripe.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.