I remember reading about a case where an elderly couple ate zucchini from their own garden. The dish tasted terribly bitter, but they ate it anyhow. The husband

I remember reading about a case where an elderly couple ate zucchini from their own garden. The dish tasted terribly bitter, but they ate it anyhow. The husband died 2 weeks later of cucurbitacin poisoning. edit, although only in German: https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/ernaehrung/heidenheim-mann-stirbt-durch-zucchini-mahlzeit-a-1049025.html https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/ernaehrung/heidenheim-mann...