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Posted by Laura (Member # 879) on :
 
Do you like these?

I love them, but was told by someone not to eat them, because I could get typhoid.

Anyone else hear this type of comment?
 

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Posted by Ayisha (Member # 4713) on :
 
what are they??
 

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Posted by Laura (Member # 879) on :
 
They are those yellow beans that are sold from carts Ayisha. Usually you will see a column of white paper cones surrounding the cart, and a dish of lemons.

You peel off the outer skin and then eat them. They are delicious.
 

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Posted by With a name like Smuckers (Member # 10289) on :
 
ohhh buttons
why would they give you typhoid?
I don't care for them personally, they are tasteless to me
 

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Posted by Ayisha (Member # 4713) on :
 
oh i have eaten them. all those little seed things i had shoved in my mouth at some point

I think the rumour about typhoid is something to do with them being washed in the Nile?
 

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Posted by Laura (Member # 879) on :
 
Something like that Ayisha. I was told that here in Alex they are soaked for a couple of days in the water from the sea...hmmmm

So you call them buttons, Smuckers..thats cute
 

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Posted by With a name like Smuckers (Member # 10289) on :
 
lol well that's what my husband calls them, maybe he just does it for me
 

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Posted by magnona777 (Member # 12466) on :
 
I had them... I was surprised that they were good.. with lime and salt
 

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Posted by magnona777 (Member # 12466) on :
 
http://i13.tinypic.com/40okry0.jpg..
I found a pic I took of the thermis for those who dont know
 

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Posted by MK the Most Interlectual (Member # 8356) on :
 

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Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers:
ohhh buttons
why would they give you typhoid?
I don't care for them personally, they are tasteless to me

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Hey Smuck is there *anything* about your new life that you like?
 

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Posted by MK the Most Interlectual (Member # 8356) on :
 
Congratulations Laura, you just won yourself a new life after surviving eating termis from the street! Because yes it can cause typhoid among other crap.

You can make that stuff at home. I think you should soak it in salty water for 5 years or something. I don't know the exact recipe but that's the only way I would eat it. Mom made it at home a couple of times, I'll ask her for the recipe.

But if you can't resist the cart ones, I suggest you wash it with running water and putting in the microwave for a couple of minutes, then letting it cool down before eating it. it won't taste the same though.
 

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Posted by Laura (Member # 879) on :
 
Thanks MK

I did try to make them at home, but you are right, they require soaking for eternity!! Too tiresome, but I still love them.
 

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