Comments on: Stringbeans? Yard-long Beans? What Beans? http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/ Food mainly from Pampanga, the Philippines. A Capampangan's take on Capampangan food. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:06:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: cynthia catubigan http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-50923 cynthia catubigan Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:47:26 +0000 /?p=43#comment-50923 Hello.thanks for giving me a chance to know the scientific name of sitaw you help me from my assingnment in TVE and also to know the different variety of sitaw. Hello.thanks for giving me a chance to know the scientific name of sitaw you help me from my assingnment in TVE and also to know the different variety of sitaw.

]]> By: emerald http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-39069 emerald Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:45:46 +0000 /?p=43#comment-39069 ahem. never mind. i just remember to search the beans its picture. he he he. found it. thanks anyway ahem. never mind. i just remember to search the beans its picture. he he he. found it. thanks anyway

]]> By: emerald http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-39067 emerald Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:36:00 +0000 /?p=43#comment-39067 hello, i came to your blog looking for a tagalog equivalent for navy beans, white beans, kidney beans, and lima beans. i'm trying to achieve an evangeline lilly or jessica alba body (LOL) by eating the right food along with exercise . been to different sites. in vain. poor me. hello, i came to your blog looking for a tagalog equivalent for navy beans, white beans, kidney beans, and lima beans. i’m trying to achieve an evangeline lilly or jessica alba body (LOL) by eating the right food along with exercise . been to different sites. in vain. poor me.

]]> By: Noodles and Rice » Chinese Yard Long Beans http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-9787 Noodles and Rice » Chinese Yard Long Beans Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:48:43 +0000 /?p=43#comment-9787 [...] Want to learn more about this vegetable? Karen sorts out the Filipino names for us here. Around the world, here are the names these beans go by. Tags:Asian vegetables, chinese yard long beans, mile long beans, sitao, sitaw, yard long beans Add to:                      [...] [...] Want to learn more about this vegetable? Karen sorts out the Filipino names for us here. Around the world, here are the names these beans go by. Tags:Asian vegetables, chinese yard long beans, mile long beans, sitao, sitaw, yard long beans Add to:                      [...]

]]> By: Clive Rogers http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-6711 Clive Rogers Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:03:17 +0000 /?p=43#comment-6711 Could you add the following: ---------------------- In common with other beans the  mature bean in string or runner bean ( Phaseolus aborigineus )  is definitely poisonous. In their mature state they contain  Prussic ( Hydrocyanic ) Acid or Cyanogenic Aminoglycoside in quantity.  In moderation eating them straight from the climber bush very very young tender beans  should not be a problem but stressing again in MODERATION. Even young eaten in quantity the beans need thoroughly cooked /  boiled to negate  and potential poison. The cooking action neutralises the active part.   Mature beans which have already turned purple are toxic whilst the outer casing has turned ' stringy ' and  in any case is no longer fit to eat. Nature warns us with this angry colour , the plant is protecting the seed product against mammals. Take it from one who has experienced some quite severe symptoms of extreme fever , nausea + diarrhoea having inadvertently drunk the liquidated products as a raw smoothy.  I required overnight hospitalisation drip feed and oxygen, it I were a child or old person it could have killed me. Clive Rogers Could you add the following:

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In common with other beans the  mature bean in string or runner bean ( Phaseolus aborigineus )  is definitely poisonous. In their mature state they contain  Prussic ( Hydrocyanic ) Acid or Cyanogenic Aminoglycoside in quantity. 

In moderation eating them straight from the climber bush very very young tender beans  should not be a problem but stressing again in MODERATION. Even young eaten in quantity the beans need thoroughly cooked /  boiled to negate  and potential poison. The cooking action neutralises the active part.   Mature beans which have already turned purple are toxic whilst the outer casing has turned ‘ stringy ‘ and  in any case is no longer fit to eat.
Nature warns us with this angry colour , the plant is protecting the seed product against mammals.

Take it from one who has experienced some quite severe symptoms of extreme fever , nausea + diarrhoea having inadvertently drunk the liquidated products as a raw smoothy.  I required overnight hospitalisation drip feed and oxygen, it I were a child or old person it could have killed me.

Clive Rogers

]]> By: Vassilis Gekas http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 Vassilis Gekas Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:51:45 +0000 /?p=43#comment-1251 I passed through this site on my searching on information about cowpeas.Somebody asked me to review a relevant paper(physical properties of cowpeas) It helped me. Thank you very much. And the site is interesting. Congratulations! I passed through this site on my searching on information about cowpeas.Somebody asked me to review a relevant paper(physical properties of cowpeas) It helped me. Thank you very much. And the site is interesting. Congratulations!

]]> By: Karen http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Karen Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:52:37 +0000 /?p=43#comment-340 Bea dear, you pickle sitaw? They should taste interesting. Hehehe, did you actually get embarrassed or did you catch yourself on time? For the benefit of non-Tagalog speakers, the utong is that specific mammary part through which an infant is nourished with milk. I don't want to get unrelated searches now... Thanks Celia! Neither did I! :cat: Bea dear, you pickle sitaw? They should taste interesting. Hehehe, did you actually get embarrassed or did you catch yourself on time?

For the benefit of non-Tagalog speakers, the utong is that specific mammary part through which an infant is nourished with milk. I don’t want to get unrelated searches now…

Thanks Celia! Neither did I! :cat:

]]> By: celiaK http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-339 celiaK Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:05:47 +0000 /?p=43#comment-339 Very informative, Karen. I never thought there are different varieties of sitaw. Well done, keep it up! :tomato: Very informative, Karen. I never thought there are different varieties of sitaw. Well done, keep it up! :tomato:

]]> By: Bea http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Bea Sun, 23 Jan 2005 14:45:30 +0000 /?p=43#comment-337 Didn't know what they called this here in Singapore till you mentioned Renee's blog. Whenever I see them, I think of dinengdeng or pinakbet or some version of Bicol Express or ginataang gulay. I think of how they make good pickles . . . in Ilocano, we call them (yard-long beans according to my Asian Vegetables book) --- utong. Of course, I was pretty shocked when I got to Manila and found out that if I did not want to embarass myself, I would have to call these beans "sitaw"! Didn’t know what they called this here in Singapore till you mentioned Renee’s blog. Whenever I see them, I think of dinengdeng or pinakbet or some version of Bicol Express or ginataang gulay. I think of how they make good pickles . . . in Ilocano, we call them (yard-long beans according to my Asian Vegetables book) — utong. Of course, I was pretty shocked when I got to Manila and found out that if I did not want to embarass myself, I would have to call these beans “sitaw”!

]]> By: Karen http://karen.mychronicles.net/2005/01/23/stringbeans-yard-long-beans-what-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Karen Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:48:44 +0000 /?p=43#comment-336 Hehehe, Stel! I would love to meet your little connoiseur! Isn't he a bit adventurous too? I love that in children! Yes indeed, it is good that we don't have poison ivy here otherwise it will end up in many soups and stews with disastrous results. On the other hand, the population might just develop a natural immunity to its toxins, don't you think? This reminds me of one of my half-baked theories about why we only have a few poisonous plants in the country. Perhaps because we're in the tropics where the supply foliage is not an issue to grazers (predators), plants didn't have to manufacture toxins to defend themselves. Oh, this is not a lecture - it's me rambling. Now you have a glimpse into my mind. :lol: Hehehe, Stel! I would love to meet your little connoiseur! Isn’t he a bit adventurous too? I love that in children!

Yes indeed, it is good that we don’t have poison ivy here otherwise it will end up in many soups and stews with disastrous results. On the other hand, the population might just develop a natural immunity to its toxins, don’t you think?

This reminds me of one of my half-baked theories about why we only have a few poisonous plants in the country. Perhaps because we’re in the tropics where the supply foliage is not an issue to grazers (predators), plants didn’t have to manufacture toxins to defend themselves.

Oh, this is not a lecture - it’s me rambling. Now you have a glimpse into my mind. :lol:

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