what makes a bean a vegetable? Or is it just a pulse?

Answer 1

it is a vegetable because the part you eat is the seed. though it is not a real cut and dry thing, as the definitions of fruit and vegetable are a little ambiguous.... mostly, it is a vegetable because the definition has been agreed to.

Answer 2

In dietary terms I would classify it as a pulse. (Or if you prefer, bean) As far as I'm aware there are two types of vegetable, root and shoot, and beans are basically seeds.

Pulses are a vital part of a vegetarian diet, and I understand a mix of pulse and grain will provide the essential amino acids to provide for protein. First class or complete protein is based on egg.

The typical English meal of potatoes, meat and two veg should of course consist of a root and shoot type, there again snack, like beans on toast is mixing the pulse and grain.

Answer 3

The though the term "pulses" is usually reserved for leguminous crops harvested for their dry grain. Pulses usually excludes crops mainly used for oil extraction (like soybean and peanut) or those used exclusively for sowing purposes (clover and alfalfa). Leguminous crops harvested green for food, such as snap beans, green peas etc, are classified as vegetable crops.

In English usage 'beans' sometimes also refer to seeds or other organs of non leguminosae which bear a resemblance to the vegetable, for example coffee beans, castor beans and cocoa beans (which resemble bean seeds), and vanilla beans (which resemble the pods).

Answer 4

bean..?harricot bean as in baked beans! or any "pulse" which is the sead of the plant. Which is why seeds,pulses and nuts count as part of your recommened daily diet of fruit/vegetables

Answer 5

depends wot beans you mean

Answer 6

it is born under ground duh!!!