Hope this helps

    • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 days ago

      The bottom picture seems to show split red lentils, so I’m guessing, the label isn’t right.

        • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 days ago

          To be honest, I was only vaguely aware that they were a separate thing before writing that comment, too. I actually have two packs of red lentils at home, which both happen to be the split variant, but neither of them say so on the packaging. 🫠

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
      3·
      2 days ago

      Wow look at you asking a lot of question here. Questions like: wow did you lazily find an image that was already lazily made because you were so excited about the concept of beans that you fell into a trance at the sheer quantities of beans on the screen and didn’t even look at the lentils because they aren’t really beans and thus weren’t worthy of the same attention?

      • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Based on limited Wikipedial research, what few characteristics that distinguish bean legumes from non-bean legumes are superficial and arbitrary, certainly not definitive in any way. But you do seem like an expert, can you tell me what makes a bean a bean and a lentil not a bean? Unfortunately for you, the logical resolution to this is that no beans are beans, beans don’t exist. Only legumes. All is legumes. L E G U M E S

        • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
          3·
          2 days ago

          You make a compelling point, but have you considered this: does the word end with beans in English or whatever language has the right vibes? If you’ll excuse me, I’ll be eating my JavaBean

          Also consider expanding to:

          C O N S U M E    L E G U M E

          It’s really fun to say

          • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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            2 days ago

            To further complicate the issue, “lentil” is the second thing listed in Brak’s ode to beans from Space Ghost’s Musical Bar-B-Que. I listened to that album so many times, we’d make our parents suffer through it on long car trips, that must have been utter torture lol.

            Oh and thanks for the branding help, that’s a great note

            • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
              2·
              2 days ago

              Hmm this is a serious counter point. Plus if we count lentils as beans, what do we do about split peas which kind of feel similar. Besides making some really good dishes like this. Quite complex indeed and adds evidence to the legume is legume idea

              I have also had a new conundrum: how far away from a bean form does something is for it to no longer considered to be a bean dish. Does tofu count as a bean dish because it’s from soybeans? Falafel because it’s from garbanzo beans / chickpeas. I’d feel like the answer should be no on both fronts, but where does the line start

              • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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                2 days ago

                Oh yeah, them is bean dishes baby. Much like how soy sauce is just old salty bean water. Also like how marinara is a fruit sauce. And kind of like but a little different from how most sweet potatoes are actually yams. That one’s more of a legitimate culture-wide mistake I guess.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
      7·
      2 days ago

      Plus you can get Aquafaba pretty much for free by using it!

      Aquafaba is the water they are cooked in (which is also the water in a can if you buy them canned). It can be used as a good egg white substitute for baking and meringues

      Technically all legumes can make aquafaba, but chickpeas are usually considered some of the best for it. Also aquafaba can be frozen so you can save for later use

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquafaba

  • NotALeatherMuppet [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    First time bean grower, long time bean fan.

    I grew some rattlesnake beans without a plan of how to consume them. It seems “exactly like green beans” is the answer but now I have a lot of rattlesnake bean pods that are too large to eat like green beans. Should I open the pods and eat the fresh medium-sized bean or should I let them get full sized and dry them out and then boil them like a regular bean? Do I let them dry on the plant or pick them at full size?