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Broccoli contains cyanide too. The rice arsenic thing is a bigger deal though. Some enterprising entrepreneur needs to come out with a percolating rice maker.
by sjg007 8y ago
Broccoli contains cyanide too. The rice arsenic thing is a bigger deal though. Some enterprising entrepreneur needs to come out with a percolating rice maker.
- philliphaydon 8y agoIt’s clearly a sign. Vegetables are tying to kill us. :( apparently bamboo is deadly to humans and only pandas and lemurs (spelling) can eat it raw. It must be boiled for a period of time for human consumption.
- 01100011 8y ago> Vegetables are tying to kill us. I seem to remember a Bruce Sterling book(Islands in the Net?) where one of the characters avoided vegetables for this reason.
- jayalpha 8y ago"Vegetables are tying to kill us." Of cause they try to. It is normal evolutionary behavior of plants. And co-evolution of humans to being able to tolerate this toxins.
- sjg007 8y agoAlso see various methods of cooking.
- gpm 8y agoWe kinda fucked that up now though. The most successful plants are now that ones we like to eat instead of the ones we don't like to eat.
- jayalpha 8y agoThis is another evolutionary strategy. In fact, milk and wheat may have compounds, that are addictive.