# Did you know Kidny Beans are poisonous ?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 13, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-kidny-beans-are-poisonous/612664 "2012-02-13T03:15:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-kidny-beans-are-poisonous/612664/21 "2012-02-13T17:42:07Z")

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> [@Archergal](#):
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> Aren’t there really a lot of foods that are widely eaten that have to be treated/cooked to be safe to eat?
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> Like [taro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro).
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> I’m pretty sure the humble potato [can’t really be digested in raw form](http://www.livestrong.com/article/523041-the-risks-of-eating-raw-potatoes/).
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> It makes you wonder how people ever figured this stuff out to begin with.

Meh, I eat raw potatoes as a snack. The green parts are bitter [that is where the poison is] but if you pick potatoes that have no green on the skin, no poison.

I also used to snack on raw oats and wheat grabbed while walking through the field up to the woods to go hang out with other kids at the lake. I used to get in hot water with the raw foodies in a raw food listserve I used to hang out in. They claim that grains are all toxic and will kill you. _sigh_

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-kidny-beans-are-poisonous/612664/22 "2012-02-13T18:58:58Z")

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I really don’t understand the love for kidney beans in chili. I find them to be nasty, and much prefer pinto or black beans. The only red beans I like are the Camellia brand that are used for red beans and rice.

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**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-kidny-beans-are-poisonous/612664/23 "2012-02-13T20:18:27Z")

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Yes, I was well aware of this tidbit. In fact, I learned it the hard way: a friend once made a bean dish that included kidney beans; he’d started from dry beans. Unfortunately, they weren’t completely cooked through, so a couple hours after eating…

> [@](#):
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> makes you very ill, starting with nausea and then onto extreme vomiting and finally ending in waves of diarrhea.

Yep. That’s what happened.

Incidentally, daffodil bulbs are also poisonous. And I know that from experience as well. Lesson Learned: When a farmer/gardener leaves you bulbs on your front door step, do NOT assume they were from his latest onion crop. ASK what the hell they are BEFORE ingesting.

This has been a public service announcement from Dogzilla.

Cook your kidney beans thoroughly and do not eat daffodil bulbs.

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