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Also see longer Articles: Beans and Black Beans
BEANS, DRIED
From the royal tombs of ancient Egypt to the Old Testament cultivation, preparation, and consumption of beans are recognized. In some Eastern cultures, legumes were a basic dietary staple that can be traced back more than 20,000 years. The lima and pinto bean were cultivated for the first time in the very earliest Mexican and Peruvian civilizations more than 5,000 years ago, being popular in both the Aztec and Inca cultures.
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The United States is by far the world leader in dry bean production. Each year, U.S. farmers plant from 1.5 to 1.7 million acres of edible dry beans. And while Americans are the chief consumers of these beans, 40 percent are shipped to international markets in more than 100 different countries around the globe.
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‘The Anatomy of Melancholy’ by Robert Burton (1621) listed 64 remedies for gas produced from eating beans.
Alaska Strawberries: A facetious nineteenth-century American euphemism for 'dried beans', an ingredient in need of some talking up to make it palatable.
Some exotic and heirloom beans.
(Photo by Chef James, Beans courtesy of
Purcell Mountain Farms)
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOS OF SOME HEIRLOOM & EXOTIC BEANS.
These are only a few of the beans listed here - many more may be found on this website, listed alphabetically in the Facts & Trivia section, and also some with longer Articles.
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