[Sca-cooks] Kidney Beans

[Terry Decker]

Chinese long bean, yardlong bean, long cowpea, bodi, bora, snake bean, long-podded cowpea, and lord know what else.  

I still have fond memories of visiting the Berkeley Bowl.  Wish I had one handy. 

Bear

On 8/12/2023 8:30:42 PM, lilinah at earthlink.net <lilinah at earthlink.net> wrote:
Terry Decker aka Bear wrote:
"The asparagus bean, Vigna unguiculata subsp sesquipedalis, is a vine with a seed pod one to two feet long. Like the black eyed pea, it's a relative of the cowpea, Vigna unguiculata sussp. unguiculata. I've seen the plant in botanical collections, but have never had any to play with culinarily."

I believe this is what is also known as long bean. They are not uncommon in Southeast Asia. They figure into Indonesian cuisine. I can get them in the Berkeley Bowl market and most Asian markets where i live.

Urtatim al-Qurtubiyya

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