[AT] OT: - Now edible soybeans

[steve smith]

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
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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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