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Originally Posted by Zeedman
The snaps from runner beans are no more toxic raw than those of common snap beans... or I wouldn't be here to post this.  I eat a lot of snaps raw as I harvest, provided that the seeds inside are undeveloped (Fortex is really good raw). It is the developed seeds that contain the greatest concentration of toxins, and for beans of the genus Phaseolus (common beans, runner beans, and limas) those toxins are destroyed by cooking. I would second Tormato's caution about eating mature hyacinth beans, though. The same caution would apply to eating jack beans or sword beans. |
agreed. eating green unmature pole beans is great. I dont eat the pods. Runner beans can be eaten the same, but their pods are even more tough and fuzzy, but since i don't eat the pods anyway it's all good. Once the beans mature and dry down is when you should pay more attention to chemicals that they produce.