Those red beans look very similar to beans commonly available here and which are traditionally eaten with samp - dried corn. My mother used to call them kidney beans. I guess because of the colour. With winter approaching I shall be looking at beans again.
The collard greens still fascinate me. I must see if we can get them from our heirloom seed supplier.
Many of the red ones really do look like kidneys! Which may be one of those signs from nature: too much protein can put a strain on your kidneys to filter out the excess nitrogen. Perhaps beans have just the right amount? 🤔
I would love to see you experiment with the collards. I have some of the leaves in the fridge waiting to be used right now, too.
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I have not such happy childhood memories of kidneys...and yes, too much protein is a big issue and which is why I'm not a huge fan of the keto diet.
I am going to go looking for collards. I'm wondering if they're here in another guise...
I avoided beans at all costs as a child, so I suppose I don't have any really bad memories because of that, haha! Really too much of just about anything isn't good, right? Balance is always key, even for the healthy stuff.
And from Wikipedia:
Thanks so much for this. Going to check out the African names. The South African ones are not familiar, but that's not a surprise as there are 11+ languages and I'm only kinda familiar with Afrikaans and isiXhosa.
I am back: I have done some homework and it's also known as Rape here. The language in the Wikipedia link is Ndebele. The Husband and I have both eaten it/them. It's a brassica and a close relative to Canola. Now a packet of seeds is going on to the shopping list! Today.
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Yay! A little detective work was all it took. Can't wait to see if you can get it to grow well and how then you'll prepare it. 😀
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