On 7/29/2015 4:22 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:17:19 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
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>>> On 7/28/2015 9:03 PM, sf wrote:
>>> > On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:45:15 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>>
>>> >> What did you have for dinner tonight?
>>> >
>>> > I made a bean stew - brown lentils, (not very) hot Italian sausage,
>>> > diced tomato, seasonings - served over rice. It usually has spinach
>>> > in it too, but I didn't have any and didn't care.
>>> >
>>> Lentil stew or bean stew?
>>>
>>
>> You want to be pedantic? Go right ahead.
>
> Lentils are not beans.

Beans are a legume, and so are lentils. "The lentil (Lens culinaris) is
an edible pulse. It is a bushy annual plant of the legume family, known
for its lens-shaped seeds. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds
grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each." Courtesy of
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentil" from Wikipedia.

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