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Are Runner Bean Beans Edible?
K wrote:
Jeff Layman writes The first time I "cooked" kidney beans 30 years ago I just slow-cooked them, as I didn't know any better. A night of vomiting resulted - nearly blamed the butcher for bad mince! Since then I have always "rolling boiled" them for at least 20 minutes without problem. Brilliant! It's good to hear from someone who's experienced things at first hand It is quite interesting that the pea family provides us with some of the most delicious and nutritious seeds, and some of the most dangerous (Ricinus, Abrus). Carrot and potato families are similarly mixed :-) (eg hemlock and deadly nightshade resp.) -- Kay Runner beans and Kidney beans are the same thing just that Kidney bean refers to just the seed whilst runner bean /green beans refer to the immature pods. When I was young we used to grow Broad beans, not for the beans but to pick the pods when they were finger size and we would slice them like runner beans, a bit woolly but they were the first of the year and tasted good. David Hill |
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