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

Okay but it still seems like a bit of an odd concept to me. Especially if
they like broccoli. If I like vegetables, I'd rather just eat them as is.