On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:24:22 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:36:52 -0700 (PDT), Timo
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Thursday, July 17, 2014 8:41:21 AM UTC+10, sf wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:06:21 -0700 (PDT), Timo wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > For chickpeas in North African or Near/Middle Eastern food, I'd
> >> > > recommend broad/fava beans, or lentils, or meat.
> >> > >
> >> > > In this case, because it's turning into a vegan burger, lots of
> >> > > different beans will work. Small white beans or cannelini should
> >> > > work. I'd probably use kidney beans.
> >> >
> >> > Terrific, thanks! If I don't use white beans or lentils, I'll
> >> > probably use pintos. I liked the idea of including broccoli because
> >> > one of my grandchildren likes it so much - but she also has a contact
> >> > allergy to chickpeas (which is my least favorite, so no problem - I'll
> >> > figure out a different bean).
> >>
> >> Pinto beans sound good. I wouldn't use lentils for this burger. Most of
> >> the lentil burger recipes I see use some other binder.
> >> Pinto/cannellini/kidney/borlotti beans work well enough as a binder, just
> >> by themselves. I don't think lentils will bind the burger as well (maybe
> >> they'd work well enough - I haven't tried - but other beans will work
> >> better).
> >
> > Thank you again the lentils! I've never made a non-meat burger -
> > so I don't know from up about how they stay together. I can't get
> > excited about using kidney beans, but the others work for me. Pintos
> > are so meaty tasting that I'm leaning toward them at the moment.
> >
> Just curious why you would want to make a non-meat burger? I have bought
> them but I doubt that I would ever take the time to make them.

Because it sounds interesting and the recipe with broccoli seems like
an easy way to get kids to eat vegetables (they like broccoli) if it
ends up tasting good. The bean burger that appeals to me, personally,
is falafel burgers. Of course the GD who can't eat garbanzo beans
wouldn't be able to eat that.

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