On 7/30/2015 1:10 AM, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 23:17:37 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> It's pedantic to distinguish between beans and lentils? I'm starting
> to feel like a food expert.
>


Just so you know, you're NOT.