[AT] OT: - Now edible soybeans

[steve smith]

Thank You Grant
Smitty
At 10:48 PM 8/7/05 -0700, you wrote:
>Steve, the best source in your area should be Peaceful Valley Farm Supply 
>in Grass Valley. Here is their web address:  www.groworganic.com They have 
>historically been the best source for Favas in modest volumes in Northern 
>California.
>        Grant Brians
>        Hollister, California
>----- 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 5:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [AT] OT: - Now edible soybeans
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>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
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