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Default sprouting beans safe to eat raw?

In article > ,
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
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> > In article >,
> > "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:

> snip
> .
> >> How were you originally going to use the soaked mung beans? What does
> >> the
> >> mung bean packet say specifically about eating the 'raw' beans. I'm
> >> puzzled
> >> by the wording on the packet.
> >> Janet

> >
> > You CAN cook sprouted beans you know!
> >
> > I've done it deliberately.
> > --
> > Peace! Om
> >

> I imagined you could, but am puzzled by the packet wording. Is it like a
> Surgeon's General warning that is posted on all dried bean packets or only
> mung? I've never considered the issue of sprouted beans being harmful.
> Janet


I've no idea, but I've also no idea how one would go about eating raw
dried beans. <g> I've eaten them off the vine as a fresh bean while
they were still green, (they are better steamed) but that's about it.
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