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Rick
03-21-2009, 05:58 PM
My wife prepared a vegetable tonight that I had never heard of. As the title implies, it's called Edamame. In short, Edamame is a green soybean that is picked before it ripens. Apparently, it is packed with protein. If a soybean doesn't conjure up an image then think pea pod. About the same size. There was no flavor but the seeds did have a bit of a light crunch. Highly nutritious. For those of you that might be vegans, here's another source of protein. She steamed them and added a touch of sea salt.

She bought them at Costco and they are 100% organic.

Here's some more information on them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edamame

gryffynklm
03-21-2009, 09:41 PM
Edamame, good stuff. I get them at Kroger. Im sure other places have them as well. I prefer to steam them and generously coat them in sea salt. No flavor? the Flavor isn't intense, but there is what I think of as a sweet almost pea flavor. I suppose like anything else individual results may vary. Now I want some.

Rick
03-21-2009, 10:31 PM
Soybean bushes are decent producers. I wonder how successful you would be growing some plants in the garden. I would think you could shell them like peas then can them or eat them like peas. Anything that good for you deserves a place in the garden if they will grow.

EDIT: Seeds are available for the garden.

http://www.2bseeds.com/edamameindex.shtml

crashdive123
03-21-2009, 10:33 PM
Looks like they should work. http://www.gardenersnet.com/vegetable/soybean.htm

SARKY
03-22-2009, 01:19 AM
smother them in cheese and bacon yum! yum!

crashdive123
03-22-2009, 07:45 AM
Smother anything in cheese and bacon = yum.