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Beans are protein-rich, sustainable, and delicious. Why doesn’t the US eat more of them?

Beans are high in protein, efficient to grow, and can even improve soil health. They cost less than conventional or new plant-based meats, and they’re increasingly getting attention among foodies.

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Americans are afraid of farting but everyone else knows this is the secret to a long life.

Toot toot I m centuries old at this point.
- Exactly this. My significant other avoids all beans due to the fear of flatulence
  
  Tell them how they can blow up balloons if they fart into it the correct way. That changed my fiancés mind and now she can’t stop farting. She wears roller blades a lot more now.
- My SO hated me eating beans until I discovered that walmart sells a generic bean-o for far less than the name brand. Your loved ones dont have to suffer that fate
  
  What’s Beano? The only Beano I know is this weird ass British comic book that my grandma gave me.
Beans are good. I'm from Texas and there are a lot of people here who think chili with beans isn't real chili. They're full of shit (beans'd help with that too)
Beans and other legumes make up a very significant part of my diet these days. Healthy, cheap and tasty, what's not to love?
How do you guys cook ‘em?
- Tofu (bean product tbf) -> fried or baked for most dishes, crumbled and refrigerated with mayo, dijon, and black salt for salads
  
  Red kidney beans -> simmered along with the rest of the ingredients in chili
  
  Garbanzo Beans/Chickpeas -> blended for hummus, same as kidney beans, but for curries and other South Asian dishes
- If they are dried, soak it overnight and cook in on a preassure cooker. if they are fresh its easier to cook.
  
  I add some baking soda to the soak or boiling pot so they'll soften up faster. explained here.
- Soaked overnight and cooked the next afternoon while I'm finishing up work, since the texture of canned beans weirds me out a little. My favorite bean dish, which I just had tonight, is black beans + rice + onions + worcestershire sauce. During the cool seasons I make a lot of bean soups in the slow cooker, but currently it's "hoard the parmesan rinds in the freezer until it's soup season" season.
- BBQ Sauce, Ground Beef and Beans into the pressure cooker and boom, you got delicious meal ready. Add some high power spices to it like Carolina Reaper, Pepper X, Ghost Pepper, or whatever to suit your tastes and you got some helluva spicy beans to enjoy. It's some of the best food ever.
  
  I eat it along with some garlic buttered toasts and some vegetables like corns, green peas, and so forth. The best thing about this cuisine is that it's as simple as you want it to be and it can be as complex as you wanted it to be as well.
I'd love to but it fucks up m' gut, bobandy
My family and I eat beans at least twice a week. In my region of the U.S. it is fairly common.
I love franks and beans.
I'm definitely one of the most picky eaters you'd ever met. I dislike it, primarily due of the texture. Having said that, I do enjoy hummus, if that counts.
- Other legumes like the chickpeas used for hummus are great too

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