In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

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

I don't believe it's the sprouted beans. The warning is for undercooked
dried beans.

> 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.

The toxin is called:

Phytohaemagglutnin (Kidney Bean Lectin)

and it is destroyed by heat.

Here's a slightly different cite:

http://www.foodreference.com/html/ar...poisoning.html

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA