I just love Japanese food and love the ritual of eating edemame. I'm going to visit the Southern States store and see if I can purchase some that aren't 'Frankenberries'.
I hope I can. They are so fun sit with a table of friends and enjoy!
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Lima beans? Pole beans? Aren't they the same thing? Sorry if I sound uneducated......
Nope. Lima's are kinda kidney shaped and come in 3 different varieties...Baby, Regular, and Giant Fordhook Lima's.
Pole Beans are Green Beans that climb and need to be staked to climb a 'pole'.
Edamame, is japanese for Soy Beans. The problem I see with buying soy beans locally is that I'm afraid that they are all 'Franken' beans because they are commercially farmed here in a big way.
Recently ingestion of raw soy products such as, tofu, soy milk, edamame, non-milk infant formulas, etc., has been called into question. Some researchers are finding a correlation between raw soy products and elevated levels of phyto-estrogens in male infants. I don't have all the info at my fingertips, but if you Google up the name Dave Rutz (he has a wealth of information on this, and is publishing a book as well) you should be able to get a start. It's worth at least a cause for concern. The science seems to back up his argument.
I read something to that effect to Swampy. I think I like the philosophy on eating that goes along the lines of eat fresh food that is grown in your region at the time that it is season. Can your excesses using as little preservatives as possible, and limit your intake of any one thing.
This seems to be the most balanced and natural I have seen and experienced. While I love eating a Watermelon in December in Pocomoke, it's just not right.
The pesticides that we wouldn't even consider using here are broadly and liberally used in countries whose fruit we eat of every day.
The ramifications of a global economy and marketplace aren't as good as they look on the surface.
5 comments:
Lima beans? Pole beans? Aren't they the same thing? Sorry if I sound uneducated......
Nope.
Lima's are kinda kidney shaped and come in 3 different varieties...Baby, Regular, and Giant Fordhook Lima's.
Pole Beans are Green Beans that climb and need to be staked to climb a 'pole'.
Edamame, is japanese for Soy Beans.
The problem I see with buying soy beans locally is that I'm afraid that they are all 'Franken' beans because they are commercially farmed here in a big way.
Thanks for the clarification :)
Recently ingestion of raw soy products such as, tofu, soy milk, edamame, non-milk infant formulas, etc., has been called into question. Some researchers are finding a correlation between raw soy products and elevated levels of phyto-estrogens in male infants. I don't have all the info at my fingertips, but if you Google up the name Dave Rutz (he has a wealth of information on this, and is publishing a book as well) you should be able to get a start. It's worth at least a cause for concern. The science seems to back up his argument.
I read something to that effect to Swampy.
I think I like the philosophy on eating that goes along the lines of eat fresh food that is grown in your region at the time that it is season.
Can your excesses using as little preservatives as possible, and limit your intake of any one thing.
This seems to be the most balanced and natural I have seen and experienced. While I love eating a Watermelon in December in Pocomoke, it's just not right.
The pesticides that we wouldn't even consider using here are broadly and liberally used in countries whose fruit we eat of every day.
The ramifications of a global economy and marketplace aren't as good as they look on the surface.
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