On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:12:41 -0500, Sky >
wrote:

> On 7/29/2015 4:22 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > "sf" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:17:19 -0400, jmcquown >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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.
>

Thank you, Sky - but it's one of those "nobody cares unless they're
being pedantic" type situations.



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sf