Edamame: homegrown, organic, delicious
Posted on Sep 15 in Gardening, ingredientby NikaPrint
In my garden (Humble Garden) I grew soybeans this year. They are open pollinated non-genetically modified and organically grown.
They have been fascinating to grow and have been a continual homeschool lesson for the kids.
Sprouting
Growing
Almost blooming on the top. But wait, thats not the only place!
Fuzzy, disturbingly so, pods.
They grew quite tall, see the middle layer of the photo?
They grew much larger than I expected and in ways I thought were quirky and odd. For one, they sprouted little blossoms in what we called the “armpits” or when branches grew out of the main stem. From those blossoms they grew fuzzy pods. They also had bunches of pods at the top of the plant.
Now its time to harvest the crazy fuzzy pods.
From the day I ordered the seeds I figured I would serve them like the Japanese edamame or make some miso. I rinsed them and then boiled them for 20 minutes. After that I cooled them and then served them like you see below, with salt. You then pop them from the pods and sprinkle a bit more with salt, eat. A nice snack indeed!
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Hi Nika! Are these considered green beans or green peas? I was just discussing this at http://www.bloggersbase.com/articles/lifestyle/sports-and-fitness/green-beans-will-help-to-lose-weight and I had the spelling wrong.
Amazing tips as usual Nika. THANK YOU and I hope you are doing great!
Kelly: Thnx for stopping by!
these are considered beans.
Peas are of the P sativum species – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea
while soybeans are of the Glycine Max species – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean
Both of these are different in some ways from “green beans” which are the unripe (not dried and ready to be shelled) beans like hericot verts, etc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_beans where you eat the pod and immature beans.
When I am out in the garden I eat raw green beans from the plants – sweet.
I lightly cook the green beans so as to retain crispness and flavor. Homegrown green beans are some of the easiest and tastiest things you could ever eat, cooking them too much is cruel!