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The only thing I take exception to in that article is the mention of cooking beans in it.
IIRC correctly, a regular crockpot does not get hot enough to cook beans safely.
I forget what beans have in them that a certain amount of heat is required to kill.
dried beans or green beans?
I cook nearly all my beans in a croc-pot and wasn't aware of a min temp
ETA
Phytohaemagglutnin (Kidney Bean Lectin). Different types of lectins are found in many species of beans, but are highest in concentration in red kidney beans.
No major outbreaks have occurred in the U.S. Outbreaks in the U.K. are far more common
It has been shown that heating to 80 degrees C. may potentiate the toxicity five-fold, In studies of casseroles cooked in slow cookers, internal temperatures often did not exceed 75 degrees C..
Raw kidney beans contain from 20,000 to 70,000 hau, while fully cooked beans contain from 200 to 400 hauore toxic than if eaten raw.??????
so if you cook them to 80c it increases it but "fully cooked" its less. really not buying any of it
YMMV