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Aries writes:
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| I can't eat any kind of beans raw, they give me stomach cramps. I also
| know that dried beans, like kidney beans, need to be fast boiled for a
| while before simmering to cook otherwise one can be poisoned ? Or so
| I've heard. Is this true and does it also apply to our fresh garden
| beans?

It's true, and it applies to ripe but fresh garden beans (or at least
ones of the relevant species).

Few people have trouble with green beans, where the seeds have not
developed, or broad beans. You are unlucky.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.