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Kidney beans do not agree with me. In fact, we are having a major disagreement.

*curls up under blankets*

Imma watch some TV.

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[iesika.livejournal.com]

Kidney beans are poisonous if improperly prepared.

http://offthecontrary.blogspot.com/2006/05/science-fact-dangers-of-kidney-beans.html

Did you cook them yourself? Were they dry or canned?

Always boil dry kidney beans for at least 5-10 minutes. Even if you simmer them for hours and hours, if you don't get the heat up high enough for a little while, you can make yourself very sick.

[silveraspen]

I did not know this. This is very very useful information!

[mistressindi.livejournal.com]

I had no idea they did this. Thank you for the warning!

[clodia-risa.livejournal.com]

And today I've learned something very valuable since I love beans with all my heart. Thank you!

[iesika.livejournal.com]

In that case, watch out for cannellini (white kidney) beans, broad beans, and fava beans, which have high amounts of the same toxin (Phytohaemagglutinin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytohaemagglutinin)).

I think most beans have it, but in safer levels. Generally speaking, it's safest to boil all your dried beans for a bit before cooking. I bring them to a boil for ten minutes or so and then cut the heat and leave them to soak for cooking.

I also love beans a ridiculous amount. Mmm beans.

*refrains from typing out the lyrics the to I Love Beans from Spaceghost*

[piperki.livejournal.com]

Hey, I don't know all the lyrics to I Love Beans. Is there a Youtubage for this? *hopes*

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

There was the FUNNIEST Cowboy Bebop AMV to this song (it looked like they just dubbed the song over the opening convenience store scene in the movie, and it worked ridiculously well) but it was in the pre-YouTube era and the girl who made it took her site down when she left the fandom (?) and now, as far as I know, it is lost to the ether. D:

(At least I think it was the same song ... how many songs are there called 'I Love Beans'?)

lima lentil soy and pinto

[iesika.livejournal.com]

Completely ignore the video part. I tried to find a version that wasn't a stupid slideshow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt0YnVrfzGM

Just close your eyes and sing along.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Huh. This, I did not know!

I got them from a can, but I wonder about the can.

[iesika.livejournal.com]

The canning process ought to render them safe.

Even cooked kidneys have small amounts of the poison though... So there is at least a logical reason why kidney beans in particular might not agree with you. I don't care for them very much myself, but I think that might have more to do with cafeteria red-beans-and-rice as a small child.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I usually use pinto beans. I think I will go back to them....

[iesika.livejournal.com]

I made a list in another response, but I'll repeat it here for your benefit. Phytohaemagglutinin is present in most beans, but kidney, cannellini (white kidney), fava, and broad beans, and some varieties of green beans, have much higher levels. They should be safe if they're boiled for long enough (10 minutes), but even that doesn't completely remove all of the toxin.

Maybe you just have a tender tummy.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Well, that is also true, I tend to get food poisoning fairly easily. :)

[cat63.livejournal.com]

That was my first thought too. I heard about this via Esther Rantzen's "That's Life" show back when I was a teenager and have eschewed kidney beans ever since, just in case.