Beans -safe or dangerous?

I buy and use raw black turtle beans and lima beans. For the black beans I soak them over night, throw out the soak water. Replace it with new water add the other ingredients and cook them for 2-3 hours to make Spanish style black beans. That meets KK's requirements above. Lima beans don't need the soak. I simply put them in a pots of water, bring them to a boil and let them cool for while after turning off the heat. They I drain them, rinse them, add the other ingredients and cook them. Looks like that does the job as well. I can't help but think that this whole issue is looking for a problem that may not be there. Is there a food at all that has not been warned to be dangerous in some way? Beans are very healthy and tasty too.
 
There's really some good information here about the reasons for preparing beans properly. And, I'm glad I read this thread because I thought dangerous might refer to something like this:

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blades said:
I can't help but think that this whole issue is looking for a problem that may not be there. Is there a food at all that has not been warned to be dangerous in some way?
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You are so right.Peanuts, eggs, cold rice, beans, raw meat - you name it, someone, somewhere will find something "toxic"about it.
 
medtran49 said:
Of course it was. That's the way they are cooked.
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Maybe I should have used some more words here ..
I meant that beans were always brought to a proper boil as there were no slow cookers or anything. Just fire.
I do agree otherwise in thinking that this whole bean safety thing is a bit over the top though ;)
 
Caster bean is definitely in the dangerous category, how do I know. My favorite past time in my 40s was to read real life detective stories. There were written by a retired police detective.
One doctor tried to poison her husband by feeding him castor beans, so watch out for them. Not all beans are made equal.
 
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