How are they harvested anyway?
2007-02-03 03:59:10 · 4 answers · asked by DEB1267 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Beans grow in a pod sort of like a pea. Growers let the beans dry in the pod. When harvesting time come they use a tractor that shakes the bean plants, dropping the beans to the ground. They then scoop up the beans and a little soil too. They wash and separate the beans mechanically but every now and then a bean sized rock sneaks through. Yummy!!
2007-02-03 04:09:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason is, while they have been picked sometimes the plant roots are pulled rather by hand or machines it all depends on the quantity of plants ,it's not easy to select everything in the fields !so in the process some soil and pebbles are attached to the plant , it's a normal occurrence! Mind you that this only happens when dry beans (legumes) are used .Just pick them out and enjoy your beans!
2007-02-03 12:13:40 · answer #2 · answered by bornfree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the beans are mechically seperated the machine can't tell a bean from a rock.
2007-02-03 13:07:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ed201283 has a good explanation
2007-02-03 12:35:16 · answer #4 · answered by sammy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋