To think I’m going to die after eating lightly cooked edamame?

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I lightly stir fried some edamame and ate them crunchy. Put the packet in the bin while tidying up and it says Caution:Do not eat raw. A quick check on Google reveals that raw edamame are poisonous. I now feel sick but it might be psychological. Am I going to die?

I'm afraid I have no idea what that is but I'm sure you will be ok. How poisonous exactly?

unlikely to die, but raw legumes can make you feel really really ill for a couple of days.

Reminded me of this: www.google.gg/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2016/10/31/woman-takes-on-tesco-after-edamame-beans-made-her-violently-ill-6225272/amp/

Clearly the woman didn’t die, but was definitely unwell for a few days. Although, I suppose it depends how ‘lightly’ you cooked them as to whether or not they were completely raw.

I eat them raw all the time. Had no Idea.
Well in those little boxes tesco sell near the stir fry stuff. Is that raw

Oh, they're soya bean pods.

You might have a bad tummy tonight OP. Not fatal though. ''short term digestive problems''.

Were they frozen. I have always assumed those are precooked and throw them into salads to thaw by lunchtime. Never felt ill. Have I just been lucky?

Yes they were frozen. The Caution:Do Not Eat Raw was on the back in small letters. Perhaps they think it’s common knowledge that raw edamame are poisonous? I certainly didn’t know. IMO the warning should have been in big red letters on the front!

Blimey they're really not good when raw

healthyeating.sfgate.com/happens-eat-raw-soybeans-11856.html

I didn't know that about edamame. Don't think I've eaten them raw, but have certainly eaten peas raw from the pod. I wonder if they're different, or if I've been dicing with death

I agree the warning should be bold on the packets.

Stupid me for not reading the packet but I didn’t think I needed to check the instructions on a packet of veg. I know there’s other stuff you can’t eat raw eg potatoes but edamame are less common and look similar to peas which you can eat raw.

I've done this before and survived. It was however a very eventful night 💩 💩

And my stomach was performing a symphony!! Good luck OP!

A packet of frozen peas has the same warning www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/250172580

It seems to be a food borne pathogen reason, cooking kills bacteria which may not have died during freezing.

I have a bag of frozen shallot onions that say caution do not eat raw on them. Is it maybe to do with the listeria outbreak in frozen veg?

So are they considered raw in the little snack pots? Because I have them all the time and have (touch wood) never been ill.

Were they the ones in the pods? I buy the Yukuta ones from Ocado and I'm sure most frozen ones are pre-cooked.

I lightly stir fried a Sainsbury's stir fry with edamame in a couple of years ago. I had a very sore tummy and the squits for a few days but that was it.

I eat raw potato - is that bad?

Also eat frozen peas still frozen and feed them to my kids like that. Are we dicing with death?

I’m sure they’re cooked before frozen but I too just thaw them all the time, sometimes I even pinch a few frozen, eat bags of fresh peas from the pod. Never made me ill.

The Yukuta ones from Ocado say ready to eat once defrosted.

They're pre cooked.

I know there’s other stuff you can’t eat raw eg potatoes

I have always eaten raw potatoes with no ill effects. I didn't know you weren't supposed to eat them. On the other hand, I have never heard of edamame, let alone eaten it!

I don't know about edamame but I used to eat frozen peas&sweetcorn as a snack all the time and I'm still here or at least I think so.

Sorry, not much help.

My partner eats raw potato all the time. He says it's good for you.

Rosy, how and why do you want raw potatoes??

Why would anyone eat raw potato?! Yuck.