FoodBanter.com - Courgette/Zucchini toxicity... who knew?

On 9/12/2015 10:05 AM, Janet B wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 07:54:41 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:44:34 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/6/2015 9:20 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>>> Courgette stew kills pensioner in Heidelberg
>>>>
>>>> The widow of a 79-year-old man killed by a courgette stew in southern
>>>> Germany this week has described the fatal meal that led to her
>>>> husband's death.
>>>>
>>> Who knew? I still don't know. I don't live in Germany.
>>
>> I don't think Germany has much to do with it.
>>
>>> The
>>> courgettes/zucchinii I've been cooking for 35 years haven't killed me
>>> yet. Nope, I don't and can't have have a garden. I buy them from local
>>> farmers. I'm still alive. :)
>>
>> Yep, me too... I *have* eaten some quite bitter pickling cucumbers at
>> times. Anyway, I never knew that bitter taste was in fact a toxin :)
>
> Courgettes are not of the cucumber family. It used to be that
> cucumbers could be very bitter but hybridization has taken care of
> that issue.
> Janet US
>

Mmmm hmmm...

Ayup...