What even are beans? Are they vegetables? Why aren't they grains?

[sillybilly]

Just gotta say, I’m very impressed by the variety of footage without using stock footage or jpegs. If you talk about a bean, you have footage you have shot personally. Appreciated effort.

[ugh-meh]

I’ll add that the canning process basically cooks beans, thoroughly deactivating the lectins, so pretty much any beans properly canned (shelf stable for years) can be eaten straight from the can.

[dr.casebolt]

The joke about not putting green beans in a dessert made me think of adzuki ("red") beans, which are commonly used in East Asian sweet dishes. In Korea they use sweet bean paste as a filling in a lot of baked and fried goodies, for example.

[Crowald]

My favorite part about Adam is that he doesn't just care about food or how we cook it, he cares about the human modality and behavior surrounding a given food. The history of a food's use is important to him, and it's so educational. I always learn something from his videos.

[MikeTaffet]

Adam: “Most beans that you’d think of grow on bushes”
Me: “Yes, I too am familiar with bushes baked beans”

[lettuce]

I didn't realize the danger in raw beans until this video and now I will be forever worried about cooking my beans long enough

[driverjayne]

Fun fact, we had a bag of VERY old pinto beans (from my grandma's pantry) and we were able to sprout and grow them. Crazy how long seeds can hang around and still be viable

[DustyTheDog]

My grandma back home in Indiana keeps a garden each year. Some of my fondest memories with her are tending to it. She always grows green beans and sugar snap peas just for me. I am an incredibly picky eater. I'm a sensitive texture eater. Raw, fresh peas are the only form of pea that I can eat(except pea protein powder added in foods). She still keeps them for me to this day. Even though I'm now a week shy from being 27 years old, and no longer a kid. Grandmas are the best.

[noliverk]

Looking forward to getting deep into bean lore.

[MahiMahi-yujo]

We are crazy about Hyacinth beans in Bangalore. We eat them by the kilos when in season, but they are usually cooked very well, boiled or fried. We even have a food festival dedicated to these beans!

[bethanymcmurtrey]

I have anemia, hypotension and hypoglycemia, and I've found as long as I eat plenty of beans and lentils in conjunction with high V C fruits and vegetables, I can function perfectly without medication. Beans are magic, especially with a little liquid smoke.

[DokterRoetker]

My wife is allergic to Soy and Peanuts and most other nuts, but she also doesn't tolerate most beans as well. This video really explained that, lots of cross overs with soy and peanuts and other beans.
She is also allergic to some seeds like sesame.
Maybe you can do an episode on food allergies sometimes, or multiple on each type of allergy.

[IndecisionTelevision]

Ah, Adam. Always answering the questions I didn't even know I was asking

[michaelnelson]

This is coming RIGHT on time right after a bad situation I had while trying to cook raw beans for the first time ever. This is really dang needed

[adamplace]

I was just thinking how I'd love this channel to do a deep dive into dried beans. I'm getting more and more into cooking with them and I'm constantly surprised how tasty they are.

[bigmilk_]

I am entranced by your videos, the production quality is just off the charts. Your scripts are clear and concise, and you have a way of making the audience ask a particular question right before you answer it. Always keeps my full attention, and I always learn something new and fun. Top shelf stuff right here.

Also I made sure to RSVP for I AM BEANS: GAZE UPON ME AND DESPAIR

[ingwerschorle_]

we need a adam ragusea saying beans compilation

[orionbukantis]

What a great intro to beans! I've been getting into beans lately, and I just love them. They're tasty, super inexpensive, easy to cook (if a little time consuming), environmentally friendly, and have a nice balance of carbs, protein, and fiber.

[dominikwrzesniak]

This year I started growing beans in my own garden, specifically ones that you, English speakers, refer to as “common beans” or “French beans”, at least that’s what Wikipedia told me (edit: nice people below explained to me that a proper English name is “green beans”). It’s a lot of fun, the plants are pretty, the crop yield is surprisingly big, I like pretty much everything about growing them. Not to mention that the beans themselves are super tasty! Highly recommend.

[evanchristensen]

Love this! In my university classes we talk about the difference between botanical classification and cultural use and production. Super interesting a tomato is culturally referred to as a vegetable and nutritionally considered a vegetable too when it is a fruit botanically.