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BEANS
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EAT A by Janet Spencer

Cajun, Creole and Traditional Fare. About 40,000 different kinds of beans can be
found worldwide, though only about 200 are
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• Beans were some of the very first plants
cultivated by people worldwide. Evidence
suggests that natives of Mexico and Peru
were cultivating bean crops as far back
as 7,000 BC. Ancient peas unearthed by
archaeologists in Thailand were carbon
dated to 9,750 BC. Beans were also found
in the tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt.
The oldest varieties of beans are thought to
be fava beans and broad beans.

• The top bean-producing countries are India,
Myanmar (Burma), and Brazil. Likewise,
the countries that consume the most beans
are India, Myanmar, and Brazil.

• The states that produce the most beans are
North Dakota (32%), Michigan (17%), and
Nebraska (11%). North Dakota has retained
its position as the top-ranking producer of
dry edible beans in the United States since
1991.

• The most popular dry beans in the U.S. on
a per capita basis are pinto, navy, Great
Northern, red kidney, and black.

WORD ORIGINS

• “Edamame” is a Japanese word meaning “branch
and bean” and denotes soybeans that have been
cooked.

• Navy beans were used widely by the U.S. Navy.
Great Northern beans were first cultivated
widely in North Dakota.

• “Carat” comes from “carob” which is a small

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1. A single point in Canadian football is also Oriental bean. The beans are remarkably uniform in size and therefore became a standard for
known by what name? weighing gemstones.
2. Baseball Hall of Famer Whitey Ford was
knocked unconscious by pretzels hurled • “Legume” comes from the Latin verb “legere” meaning “to gather.”
onto the field by angry fans in a 1997 epi-
sode of what animated comedy? • Lima beans are named after Lima, Peru, where they have been cultivated for some 6,000 years.
3. In 2003, what Phoenix Suns player be-
came the first NBA Rookie of the Year who • The word “lens” comes from the Latin word for lentil beans “lentes” because they have a similar
was drafted out of high school? shape.
4. Before the Wisconsin Badgers and Min-
nesota Golden Gophers football teams • “Garbanzo” comes from the Spanish term for chickpea, “garvance,” which is a compound of
played for the Paul Bunyan's Axe trophy, the “garau” meaning “seed,” and “antzu” meaning “dry.”
winner of their rivalry game was awarded
what? • Beans are also known as lentils, legumes, and pulses.
5. What now-defunct golf equipment re-
tailer, founded in 1967, filed for bankruptcy • “Pulse” comes from the Latin word “puls” meaning “thick soup.” Pulse crops are the seeds
and was purchased by Dick's Sporting (beans) of legumes. Although all beans are legumes, not all legumes can be classified as beans.
Goods in 2016?
6. What female tennis player was assaulted BAKED BEANS
on the court by a knife-wielding spectator
at the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Ger- • Puritans were forbidden from working on the Sabbath, and that included cooking. The local
many? natives showed them how to submerge a bunch of beans in a pot of water, put the pot in a hole,
7. AL Rookie of the Year honors went to and fill the hole with hot stones. This slow method of cooking meant that the Puritans could put a
Oakland A's players three straight times pot of beans into the hole on Saturday night and eat them for dinner on Sunday night. This is the
from 1986 to 1988. Who were they? origin of Boston baked beans, and it’s why Boston is known as Beantown.
Answers
1. A rouge. • Today the official recipe for baked beans starts with white pea beans which are canned in tomato
2. "The Simpsons." sauce.
3. Amar'e Stoudemire.
4. The Slab of Bacon. • There are approximately 465 beans in a standard can of Heinz baked beans.
5. Golfsmith.
6. Monica Seles. • The earliest reference to baked beans was in 1832 in a book called “American Frugal Housewife.”
7. Jose Canseco ('86), Mark McGwire ('87)
and Walt Weiss ('88). • The world record for eating six pounds of baked beans is 1 min 48 seconds by Don Lerman of
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• The largest pot of baked beans ever created contained almost 1,500 gallons (5,600 liters) and was
cooked up in Macedonia in 2012.

• The longest recorded time for sitting in a bath of cold baked beans is 100 hours by Barry “Captain
Beany” Kirk of Britain.

• The 1967 album “The Who Sell Out” by The Who featured on its cover a picture of Roger
Daltrey sitting in a tub full of baked beans.

POISONOUS

• In their raw or undercooked form, red kidney beans are highly toxic, because they contain high
amounts of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), a carbohydrate-binding protein. PHA causes red blood
cells to clump together, leading to symptoms of food poisoning, and can damage the gut. PHA
is destroyed by high cooking temperatures, which is why raw dried beans, especially red kidney
beans, should be soaked in water for a few hours and then boiled for at least 30 minutes. Cooking
them in a crock pot at a lower temperature can be dangerous.

• A genetic disease called favism results from a genetic deficiency. Victims have red blood cells that
are so sensitive to oxidants found in fava beans that any contact with fava beans, no matter how
casual or brief, will bring on a severe allergic reaction resulting in anemia, shock and sometimes
death. (cont)

BEAN FACTS

• Fava beans contain L-dopa, the precursor to dopamine, an essential neurotransmitter.

• In the movie “Silence of the Lambs,” Hannibal Lector said, “I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice chianti.” Hannibal Lector would have been treated with psychiatric drugs called
monoamine oxidase inhibitors. The three things you can’t eat with those are liver, beans, and
wine. Hannibal is making a joke referencing the fact that he’s not taking his meds. (cont. pg 4)

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2 tablespoons crystallized ginger 2 tablespoons granulated sugar +
2 tablespoons maple syrup more for topping
1/2 teaspoon gingerbread spice
2 teaspoons gingerbread spice

With a hand mixer, soften cream Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a baking
cheese until fluffy then add remaining sheet with parchment paper. Pulse
ingredients, mixing until incorporat- gingersnap cookies, butter, cocoa
* On Dec. 23, 1672, Italian astronomer, mathematician ed. Schmear on bagels. powder, ginger, sugar and gingerbread
and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered Rhea spice in a food processor to make a
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Saturn’s 62 moons. In 2010, a spacecraft named for Cassini SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES and spread the paste on the opened
would detect a thin oxygen atmosphere around it -- the first
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Is Great for Goodies and Total Time: 30 minutes of the pastry in to meet in the mid-
* On Dec. 24, 1945, a fire destroyed the home of George and 1 (16.5 ounce) tube refrigerated dle, then fold into the middle again.
Jennie Sodder and their nine children in Fayetteville, West Gifting sugar cookie dough Sprinkle generously with sugar. Slice
Virginia. While their parents and four other siblings escaped, 1/3 cup molasses crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces. Bake
no sign of the remaining five children has ever been found, Here’s a quick recipe for easy home- 1/4 cup flour 12 to 14 minutes (pictured).
despite decades-long publicity and numerous investigations made gingerbread spice mix, the per- 1/4 cup crystallized ginger, diced
by both law enforcement and amateur sleuths. fect addition to your holiday reper- 2 teaspoons gingerbread spice GINGERBREAD MONKEY
toire. If pumpkin spice is the flavor BREAD
* On Dec. 22, 1956, a baby western gorilla named Colo de- of autumn, then gingerbread spice has Mix cookie dough with molasses,
buted on the world stage at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to be the spice blend of winter. The flour, ginger and gingerbread spice. Yield: 12 servings
in Ohio, where she would spend her entire life, becoming the ingredients are similar, but the bal- Roll tablespoonful-size balls of dough Total Time: 1 hour
first-ever gorilla born in captivity. Upon her death in 2017, ance of the spices yields a completely in cinnamon and place 2 inches apart 1/2 cup granulated sugar
she was also the oldest known gorilla in the world. different result. on parchment-lined baking sheets. 1 teaspoon gingerbread spice
Bake at 350 F for 16 to 18 minutes or 2 (7.5 ounce) cans refrigerated bis-
* On Dec. 20, 1957, Elvis Presley received his Army draft no- Gingerbread spice can replace cin- until set around the edges. cuits
tice while spending the holiday season at his newly purchased namon in most recipes and is wonder- 1 cup brown sugar
mansion, Graceland. Distraught fans sent thousands of letters ful added to hot chocolate, coffee
to the Army asking for him to be spared, but Elvis himself or chai tea. If nothing else, sprin- 3/4 cup butter
had no hesitation about entering, though he did receive a de- kle it with sugar on hot buttered Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
ferment that allowed him to finish work on the movie “King toast.
Creole.” Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with
GINGERBREAD SPICE cooking spray.
* On Dec. 21, 2006, rebel monks at the centuries-old Esphig- Mix granulated sugar and gin-
menou Monastery in Thessaloniki, Greece, took up crowbars gerbread spice in a zip-top bag.
and fire extinguishers to repel church-appointed monks with BLEND Take refrigerated biscuits, separate
sledgehammers attempting to break in. The rebels vehemently
opposed efforts by the Orthodox church to improve relations Yield: 1/3 cup biscuits, and cut each into quarters.
with the Vatican. Total Time: 5 minutes Place in bag and shake to coat.
2 tablespoons cinnamon Arrange biscuits in pan. In a small
* On Dec. 25, 2013, military defense forces discovered a 2 tablespoons ground ginger bowl, melt brown sugar with butter
professionally designed but incomplete 40-meter tunnel con- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice and pour over biscuit pieces. Bake
necting Hong King to China that included rail tracks, hang- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg 35 to 45 minutes or until golden
ing lamps, ventilators and a small transport cart. Authorities 1 teaspoon ground cloves www.JasonCoblentz.com brown and cooked through. Cool
believed the tunnel, which cost an estimated $494,000, was 1/4 teaspoon finely ground pepper for 10 minutes, turn upside down
created with the intention of smuggling goods into Hong Blend all ingredients togeth- These gingerbread snickerdoodle cookies onto serving plate and serve warm.
Kong to avoid tariffs. er. Store in an airtight container. are a snap to make.
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THE MUSICAL FRUIT

• Beans contain raffinose, a type of carbohydrate that’s poorly digested by the body. Bacteria in the large intestine break down raffinose, resulting in
gas and bloating.

• Beans do not cause gas if they have been zapped with low intensity gamma rays prior to being cooked.

• A product called Beano is well known for suppressing flatulence. The main ingredient is an enzyme extracted from a particular strain of a common
mold which suppresses the creation of methane inside the human intestinal tract.

• If you eat beans regularly, you will have less flatulence from them.

• “Flatulence” comes from the Latin root word “flatus” meaning “blowing wind.”

IT’S A FACT

• Legumes are important to farmers because they enrich the soil with nitrogen, which is essential for all plant growth. No other plants can produce
nitrogen. Legumes don’t actually fix nitrogen in the soil, but they host a species of bacteria called Rhizobia in nodules on their roots, and these
bacteria convert nitrogen in the air into nitrogen in the soil. Outside of these bacteria, the only force powerful enough to do that is a bolt of lightning.

SPACE FACTOIDS

• Nearly every star ever spotted has at least one planet. About 20% of the stars that are about the same size as our Sun have an Earth-size planet circling
in the “Goldilocks” zone capable of sustaining life.

• Light takes 1.3 seconds to travel from Earth to the Moon. However, communicating with people on the Moon also takes 1.3 seconds because
information travels at the speed of light.

• Information takes about 7 minutes to travel to and from Mars.

• Nothing that has any mass can travel at the speed of light.

• The Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 lightyears wide. The neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, is approximately 2.5 million lightyears away.

• It costs between $2,300 and $6,800 per pound ($5,000-$15,000/kg) to launch stuff into orbit. This is the main reason behind the fact that we don’t
have space hotels and moon bases.

• One of the largest stars known is called UY Scuti. Its radius is around 1,700 times larger than the radius of the Sun. To put that in perspective, nearly
5 billion of our Suns could fit inside UY Scuti.

• An Apollo mission to the Moon retrieved a camera that had been left there for several years. When it was examined back on Earth, scientists found
it was crawling with Earth-bacteria, which had been on it when it left Earth, and had survived all the years on the Moon. It had not been sterilized
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* B.G. writes "If you want to freshen up drawers with sheets, pillowcases or in your luggage, just place a dryer
sheet inside. They really do leave a nice scent, and they are also great for dusting jobs!"
* To control the level of garlic in a recipe, add it at the beginning for a lighter taste and at the end for a stronger
taste. To get garlic out of the clove quickly instead of tedious peeling, just smash it and squeeze it out.
* The best cure for a foggy windshield is a chalkboard eraser. You can purchase them at office supply stores. They
can be stored easily in your glove box. No window cleaner required for a quick clear windshield, and you can see
well after. A clean windshield is a safety issue! -- M.T. in South Carolina
* Fill measuring cups with hot water and empty quickly before measuring sticky substances like honey or peanut
butter. It will slide out much easier.
* Banana trick: For faster ripening, leave bunches together and store in a bag. For slower ripening, separate the
bananas. They will ripen faster if stored near apples or citrus fruit. Also, remember that just because the outside is
getting brown spots, the inside isn't necessarily going soft.
* Warm up refrigerated baked goods in the microwave, but add a mug of water. It will keep the moisture in the
bread. If your bread loaf is going stale, wrap it in foil and pop it in the oven for about 10 minutes at 300 F. It will
freshen the bread!

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* A fight between chameleons is more likely to be both initi- before going to the Moon because everyone thought that no bacteria could survive on the Moon.
ated and won by the lizard with the brighter stripes. But then, Now NASA sterilizes every inch of every spacecraft.
such conflicts are rare, since that flashier color display is typi-
cally enough to win the duel. • Venus probably looked a lot like Earth about 2 billion years ago. (cont)
* Every year, 11,000 injuries are reported in America as a result
of sexual experimentation. SPACE FACTOIDS (cont)
* Do you like to bowl? So did a lot of folks in 14th-century
England, to the extent that King Edward III actually tried • The weight of the atmosphere on Venus is equal to being about half a mile underwater on Earth.
to outlaw the game in an effort to redirect the focus of his The average temperature on Venus is around 860 F (460 C). It’s so hot that metals melt and turn
troops to archery! to gas, rising up in the atmosphere, where they cool down and fall as metal snow.
* The Popigai crater in northern Siberia contains an estimated
trillions of karats of industrial-grade diamonds. Unfortunately, • Galileo was among the first to see many moons circling Jupiter. His observations led him to believe
they're too expensive to mine. that the Sun did not in fact circle Earth, but that Earth circled the Sun. This angered the Pope, who
* Many if not most people hate those annoying pop-up ads forced him to retract the statement, and Galileo subsequently spent the rest of his life under house
that plague our computers ... and you can include their cre- arrest for his blasphemy.
ator, Ethan Zuckerman, in that group. In 2014, he confessed in
an article: "I wrote the code to launch the window and run an • One of Jupiter’s moons called Europa sports fabulous geysers that shoot water 120 miles (200 km)
ad in it. I'm sorry. Our intentions were good." high.

• The term “UFO” was coined by the U.S. Air Force in the 1940s and denotes anything seen in the
sky that cannot be easily explained.

• The space probe Voyager 2, launched in 1977 and travelling at 35,000 mph (56,327 km/hr) has
travelled 4.4 billion miles since leaving Earth. A light-day is just over 16 billion miles. So Voyager
2 has travelled about a quarter of a light-day so far, or around 6 light-hours. At this rate it will have
travelled one light-day by around the year 2157.

• The breathable part of our atmosphere (roughly 2 miles worth) is all that separates us from
suffocation and death in space. In the grand scope of things, 2 miles (3.2 km) is a sliver of nothing.

• Only 24 men have made it past low earth orbit. Only 12 managed to walk on the Moon. All of
them were from the United States

• Jupiter has been dubbed the “vacuum cleaner of the solar system” because its gravitational force
eats up asteroids or comets that are nearby, stopping them from colliding with Earth.

* Bulgarians nod when they want to say no and shake their
heads when they want to say yes.

* A cow will allow itself to be led up the stairs, but it will be
impossible for you to lead it back down the stairs again.

* Here's a little extra justification for those of us who dis-
like daylight saving time: The practice has been linked to
increased heart attacks, strokes, car accidents, workplace
injuries, headaches, depressive episodes and even lower SAT
scores.

* For centuries, the word "topaz" was used to refer to any yel-
low gemstone, despite the fact that natural topaz is colorless.
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