On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:26:31 -0600, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:49:01 GMT, "P.Aitken" > wrote:
>
>>I see that you are correct. I did not know that there was such as thing
>>as black soy beans! They are one of my favorite ingredients.
>
>It's the fermenting that makes them black. Don't expect them to
>taste like edamame/edame. I use them in all sorts of Asian dishes
>(like today in a pork chow fun). They're dirt cheap, too, at
>about $1/lb which would be a 10-year supply for an occasional
>Asian cook. They only last me about 6 months.
>
>-sw

Then how come I have a jar of dried black soy beans that are black.
The seed companies show black soy beans as black.
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/catalog/p...ry=351&item=99
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Susan N.

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