[AT] OT: - Now edible soybeans

[Grant Brians]

An interesting item about the edible soybeans is that unlike regular 
soybeans which grow poorly here in Coastal California, they grow well and 
I'm told they may grow better here than in the midwest. This is not first 
hand info though. Personally I am sticking with the snap beans and Favas 
(also known as broad beans to our British friends) for my growing of beans.
          Grant Brians
        Hollister, California
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From: "Chuck Bealke" <bealke at airmail.net>
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Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 7:20 AM
Subject: [AT] OT: Was More on Air Lines - Now edible soybeans


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> Greg,
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> Thanks for the interesting post on the white edible bean
> sorting.  You are an excellent writer.
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> The sushi restaurants taught one old dog new tricks
> about soybeans.  Theirs are called edamame, and they are
> pretty tasty - unlike the many dried beans I nibbled over the
> years on the farm and around elevators.
> They seem to have become a popular alternative crop in the US.
> (Info at http://agsyst.wsu.edu/edam.htm if you want to try growing
> them.)  I like the ones Whole Foods stores has green in frozen bags
> in the pods.
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> Proponents claim that edamame is the only vegetable that
> offers a complete protein profile equal to both meat and eggs. Heck,
> next someone will probably tell us that the Japanese also figured this out
> at few centuries before John Deere was born. So the yuppies have
> shown me how to eat alfalfa and soybeans.  Wonder what's next.
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