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[dmb]

I've been calling borulce(dots above the o and u) string beans for ages. Today I found that they are actually a pea of the black eye variety.
However, I'm finding this difficult to accept. It definitely seems more like a bean than a pea.
Growing up the UK pre-Sainsbury's both peas and beans came in a can, so what do I know.
so borulce. bean or pea? whats the difference between a pea and a bean.

[Baba Alex]

[Golightly]

peas and beans are both legumes.
does that help?

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

Linguistically they differ in that you can take a pea ...

[justme]

More than you ever wanted to know about our friend the Legume, with a bit about lentils even. I always thought black-eyed peas were mis-named beans...

Beans and peas are closely related members of the great Pea Family.
Both are legumes, bearing their seed in pods and supporting nitrogen-
fixing bacteria on their roots. The cultivated American beans fall into
two main types: lima beans and kidney beans, Both types have 3-parted
leaves and butterfly-like flowers with five petals. Some varieties of each
type are "bush" beans and others are "pole" beans which climb by
means of twining stems and not by clinging tendrils, as do the peas.
Lima beans or butter beans, of which there are many varieties, have
broad inedible pods and were probably first grown by ancient pre-Incan
Indians of Peru. However, the Pilgrims found them being grown in New
England and mixed with fresh corn to make succotash. The slender-
podded kidney bean type is more numerous and, to name only a few,
includes kidney beans, scarlet-runner beans, red beans, black beans,
black-eyed "peas", navy beans, string beans, wax beans, pinto beans
and beans with pods a yard long. About 150 of these slender-podded
varieties are grown in America but we never see many kinds, such as
the tiny jet black and rich purple beans still grown by the Indians.

The garden pea is probably a native of western Asia but its wild
ancestor is also unknown. It has been grown in Europe since the time of
the prehistoric Swiss lake-dwellers and many varieties developed: tall,
dwarf, green-seeded, yellow-seeded, peas that must be shelled, and peas
with edible pods. Peas differ from beans in certain ways, such as the
method of germination and having several pairs of leaflets along a main
stem with one or more clinging tendrils at the tip. They were a favorite
food of the ancient Romans and -- whether fresh from the garden,
frozen or canned -- are an esteemed delicacy in America today.

A few other legumes with table qualities resembling peas and beans
have long been cultivated. Lentils have been found in Egyptian tombs
dating back to 2,200 BC, In Genesis it says that Esau sold his birthright
to Jacob for "bread and pottage of lentils". Both the French and the
Egyptian lentils have tiny pods each containing two round flattened
seeds. The common split peas or pigeon peas, yellow or green, are
similar to lentils and widely used in India and the East Indies. The
broad bean or Windsor bean is not a true bean. A native of Algeria,
formerly grown in Europe and colonial America, it is now almost
unknown here.

[Baba Alex]

[yaramaz]

The Violent Femmes are touring? Woooooo. Where and when?

[Baba Alex]

[justme]

My mom makes us eat black eyed peas for New Year's. Says it's good luck.

Also she tells me to wear red underpants for New Year's. I guess that's for good luck too, but not the way she's thinking. Or maybe it is.

Black eyed peas are kind of un-yummy.

I kind of like the band though. "My lovely lady bumps" cracks me up every time.

[yaramaz]

For my next oral presentation assignment: Discuss the socio-political relevance of the following text as it pertains to Ataturk, those lying Armenians, the absence of racism in turkey, and the actual calm nature of the Turkomen hordes.

Artist: Black Eyed Peas
Song title: My Humps
Lyric:

What you gon� do with all that junk?
All that junk inside your trunk?
I�ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,
My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps. (Check it out)

I drive these scrubbers crazy,
I do it on the daily,
They treat me really nicely,
They buy me all these ice-ys.
Dolce & Gabbana,
Fendi and then Donna
Karen, they be sharin�
All their money got me wearin�
Fly gearrr but I ain�t askin,
They say they love my ass �n,
Se7en Jeans, True Religion,
I say no, but they keep givin�
So I keep on takin�
And no I ain�t fakin�
We can keep on datin�
I keep on demonstrating.

My love, my love, my love, my love
You love my lady lumps,
My hump, my hump, my hump,
My humps they got u,
She�s got me spending.
(Oh) Spendin� all your money on me and spending time on me.
She�s got me spendin�.
(Oh) Spendin� all your money on me, on me, on me

What you gon� do with all that junk?
All that junk inside that trunk?
I�ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
What u gon� do with all that ass?
All that ass inside them jeans?
I�m a make, make, make, make you scream
Make u scream, make you scream.
Cos of my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps. (Check it out)

I met a girl down at the disco.
She said hey, hey, hey yea let�s go.
I could be your baby, you can be my honey
Lets spend time not money.
I mix your milk wit my cocoa puff,
Milky, milky cocoa,
Mix your milk with my cocoa puff, milky, milky riiiiiiight.

They say I�m really sexy,
The boys they wanna sex me.
They always standing next to me,
Always dancing next to me,
Tryin� a feel my hump, hump.
Lookin� at my lump, lump.
U can look but you can�t touch it,
If u touch it I�ma start some drama,
You don�t want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama
So don�t pull on my hand boy,
You ain�t my man, boy,
I�m just tryn�a dance boy,
And move my hump.

My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump.
My lovely lady lumps x3
In the back and in the front.
My lovin� got u,
She�s got me spendin�.
(Oh) Spendin� all your money on me and spending time on me.
She�s got me spendin�.
(Oh) Spendin� all your money on me, on me, on me.

What you gon� do with all that junk?
All that junk inside that trunk?
I�ma get, get, get, get you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
What you gon� do with all that ass?
All that ass inside them jeans?
I�ma make, make, make, make you scream
Make you scream, make you scream.
What you gon do with all that junk?
All that junk inside that trunk?
I�ma get, get, get, get you drunk,
Get you love drunk off this hump.
What you gon� do wit all that breast?
All that breast inside that shirt?
I�ma make, make, make, make you work
Make you work, work, make you work.
She�s got me spendin�.
Spendin all your money on me and spendin� time on me
She�s got me spendin�.
Spendin� all your money on me, on me, on me.

[justme]

[Golightly]

back to the serious topic in hand....
Legume
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Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume
Pea podsThe term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants, whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). Thus, "legume" can be:

The common name for plant species in the Family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae);
The name of a type of fruit, characteristic of leguminous plants:
A legume is a simple dry fruit which develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides. A common name for this type of fruit is a "pod", although pod is also applied to a few other fruit types. Well-known plants that bear legume fruits include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lupins and peanuts. A peanut is not a nut in the botanical sense; a peanut is an indehiscent legume, that is, one that does not spontaneously split open along a seam.
Legumes are noteworthy for their ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, an accomplishment attributable to a symbiotic relationship with certain bacteria known as rhizobia found in root nodules of these plants. The ability to form this symbiosis reduces fertilizer costs for farmers and gardeners who grow legumes, and means that legumes can be used in a crop rotation to replenish soil that has been depleted of nitrogen.

Legume seed and foliage has a comparatively higher protein content than non-legume material, probably due to the additional nitrogen that legumes receive through nitrogen-fixation symbiosis. This high protein content makes them desirable crops in agriculture.

Farmed legumes fall into two classes: forage and grain.

Forage legumes, like alfalfa, clover and vetch, are sown in pasture and grazed by livestock.
Grain legumes are cultivated for their seeds, and are also called pulses. The seeds are used for human and animal consumption or for the production of oils for industrial uses. Grain legumes include beans, lentils, lupins, peas and peanuts.
The term is derived from the French word "l�gume" (which, however, has a wider meaning and refers to any kind of vegetable).

[edit]
External links
AEP - European association for grain legume research

[dmb]

[justme]

Apparently our latent interest in legumes knows no boundaries.

For the record, I have both beans and peas growing on my balcony, and there's no way you could mix them up, though at the moment the purple bush beans and the scarlet runner beans are looking pretty much the same.

Pea plants are way cuter.

And I have a soft spot for vetch. Very underrated.

[Golightly]