Legumes, was Dinner 7/28/2015
"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 23:17:37 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:12:41 -0500, Sky >
>>wrote:
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>>> 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.
>
> It's pedantic to distinguish between beans and lentils? I'm starting
> to feel like a food expert.
Yeah, really.
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