[Sca-cooks] eating the nuts of prunes

[Susan Lin]

I would be careful.  I remember hearing that the seeds inside peaches have a
deadly chemical in them - cyanide.

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/24320

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:19 AM, <devra at aol.com> wrote:

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> Years and years ago, my mother would occasionally take cooked prunes (made
> for dessert compote), crack them, and eat the kernels.  Never tried it
> myself.  And she would only eat a couple of them....
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> Devra
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> PS  Heard of a man who loved apple seeds.  Saved up a cupful and ate the
> entire batch at once.  He's dead, of course.
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