by SS5R » 27 May 2011 11:35
I have been looking into a bean called the Lupin or Lupini bean. We used to eat these when I was kid but I only knew them as (tremoços), the Portuguese name. These are kind of like a fava bean in the since they can be planted early in the season and withstand temps down to the mid teens, they don’t grow in a pod but in the flower. The bean itself has to be cured in a salt brine to be eatable because it contains high amounts of alkaloids and is to bitter to eat without curing but I understand they have a sweet Lupini that does not require the salt brine cure. They are second to soybeans in protein and have a full range of amino acids. The dried bean can also be ground into high protein flour.
So here you have a bean you can trust that is not genetically modified by Monsanto, (as is 95 % of the soybeans grown), you can grow it yourself, you can preserve it and it can be grown in a wide verity of climates. 100 grams of beans has 36 grams of protein and the full range of amino acids.
I have been looking into a bean called the Lupin or Lupini bean. We used to eat these when I was kid but I only knew them as (tremoços), the Portuguese name. These are kind of like a fava bean in the since they can be planted early in the season and withstand temps down to the mid teens, they don’t grow in a pod but in the flower. The bean itself has to be cured in a salt brine to be eatable because it contains high amounts of alkaloids and is to bitter to eat without curing but I understand they have a sweet Lupini that does not require the salt brine cure. They are second to soybeans in protein and have a full range of amino acids. The dried bean can also be ground into high protein flour.
So here you have a bean you can trust that is not genetically modified by Monsanto, (as is 95 % of the soybeans grown), you can grow it yourself, you can preserve it and it can be grown in a wide verity of climates. 100 grams of beans has 36 grams of protein and the full range of amino acids.
