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I've seen some mentions online that they are, and that the stems taste like raw green beans. Here are a few links I've found:

One thing that worries me is the "deadly fungus" (that the first link mentions) which grows around decaying bulbs.

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You've already done some research but here's another link.

http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2008/05/09/tulips-really-are-edible-sort-of

I've only ever used the petals for salads.

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The stem of certain kind of tulip has been used as asian medicine so I would believe after some simple processing, should be edible. But the rest of the tulip are known to contain toxins.

I have not heard of eating tulips. And since you mentioned it "taste like green beans" - do you really mean tulip, not lily? Tulip and lily belong to the some class but lily is safely edible (also tasty) and do "taste like green bean".

KMC
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