Re: Soy beans
Soynuts and edamame are actually two different maturity stages of soybean.
Kind of like when you pick fava beans green or let them mature and dry.
Edamame is harvested while the pods are still young, fuzzy & succulent. The
way I used to eat them in Thailand, they were boiled pod & all and salted.
You'd take home a bag for approximately 50 cents and shell them before
eating.
Soynuts are the mature soybean. They usually become a yellow colour at
maturity. Black soybeans again are just a different variety but are used
more at the mature stage as a dry bean.
Glad you brought up the point about genetic engineering. As of yet
(thankfully) there are no edamame or garden soybean varieties that are
genetically engineered for the garden seed market.
However, if you live in a rural area with many soybean growers around you,
there is a risk of your soybeans being pollinated by stray GE pollen
(although quite small since most beans are self-pollinating).
The average home gardener has nothing to worry about. Monsanto hasn't
started looking at the garden seed market....yet.
Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: pdanielak <pdanielak@bluecrab.org>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Soy beans
> I don't grow sweet corn, but it grows very well in this area, which is
> known for its corn.
>
> I'm curious... Are the green soybeans dried before being served as snacks?
> Is this what is known as soynuts?
>
> Another question: When you say "pick them green", does that mean they turn
> another color when they are mature? Is the black soy bean a different
> variety or a different stage of the same plant?
>
> Thanks for the warning about the yield, Arzeena. I didn't know that. Also,
> thanks to Brook for the reminder about the genetically altered soy. I
would
> like to stay away from that. Will I be able to save my own seed for
future
> use to avoid the genetically altered varieties in the future?
>
> Thanks again,
> Pat
> Zone 7, Delmarva
>
>
