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		diplomatpuppy on June 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My experiments with sprouting legumes If the weird offspring are really bitter, stop eating them! You probably won’t die but you’ll be quite miserable. Apparently, once a gourd starts not breeding true, it can revert to a form with way too much bitterness - we humans have trouble with the chemical and get quite sick. https://www.anses.fr/en/content/beware-inedible-gourds

tmountain on June 21, 2021 [–]

Yeah, I didn't eat any of the weird offspring. We did eat the summer squash it produced, and they were delicious.

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