[AT] OT: - Now edible soybeans

[charlie hill]

It's hard to beat a good ole Kentucky Wonder for a good eating bean.

Our farm here in eastern NC is very sandy land.  Before the days of 
intensive use of herbicide (instead of plows) we used to have a really 
prolific crop of field peas that came up on their  own in any land we left 
laying out.  They make pretty good ground cover and pretty good eating if 
you grew up on them.  I doubt if they would taste that good to someone used 
to modern hybrid beans.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "steve smith" <elmodee at psln.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: - Now edible soybeans


> Hey Grant, where can I find fava bean seed in NE Ca . No one has any up 
> here. I would like to plant some as ground cover and to harvest.
> Smitty
>
> At 03:23 PM 8/7/05 -0700, you wrote:
>>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
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Bealke" <bealke at airmail.net>
>>To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 7:20 AM
>>Subject: [AT] OT: Was More on Air Lines - Now edible soybeans
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Greg,
>>>
>>>Thanks for the interesting post on the white edible bean
>>>sorting.  You are an excellent writer.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>_|___\  __
>>>|_____/    \  ~ Chuck Bealke ~ bealke at airmail.net ~
>>>( )       \__/
>>>
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