Re: Re: Caster beans dangerous to grow?.

Posted by Jan on June 24, 2004 at 00:16:35 from (63.149.173.55):

In Reply to: Re: Caster beans dangerous to grow?. posted by buck on June 22, 2004 at 15:04:32:

Mama always had castor beans in the flower bed, simply because she thought they made a pretty bush. She taught us to never eat them or to play with the beans and we didn't. However, after I was grown and had small kids, I planted some and my neighbor was telling me how poisonous the seed were. I pooh-poohed the idea, and called it an old wive's tale, and popped a bean in my mouth, and the neighbor let out a yell. I was laughing and holding the seed between my teeth, and then spit it out, but I could taste the oily bitter taste. I went in and rinsed my mouth and drank some orange juice, and laughed a little more. By and by, it was bedtime, and I went to bed. I don't think I had been in bed long when I doubled over in pain and made a run for the bathroom. Before I got back to bed, I had to turn and run back. This went on and on and on, and finally, I was too weak to walk, and was almost crawling. I don't believe I have ever been so sick in my life. And I never even bit into the seed! The next day, I could hardly get out of bed, and my stomach was so tender, it was unreal! Would I have castor beans again? Yeah, but you'd have to hold a mighty big gun on me to get me to put one in my mouth!

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