On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:52:17 -0500, you wrote:





>         Why not devote some of that boiling energy to helping Alan understand that we eat
>         "string beans" in the immature stage (raw or cooked)?  It's becoming more and more
>         apparent that he is thinking of the mature dry bean and trying to warn us against
>         eating them raw, which no one ever has.   :)

Do you mean that no one ever has eaten them raw or that no one has ever
warned us against eating them raw.

Ora


>         
>         Regards,
>         Rex Harrill