They are misunderstood legumes.
2007-02-12 04:59:01 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
I'm guessing you threw this out here just for the debating sense
of the issue. So i'll say that they are "nuts" in the culinary sense of the word, but legumes in the botanical sense. However, since i'm
in the south we love them boiled, raw, parched or otherwise. When boiled , they are best salty, and just enough to soften the shell. Good eatin' to you.
2007-02-12 05:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by tennis4746 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you can hardly call them misunderstood legumes, the are called PEAnuts. Peas that are like nuts. There's a clue in the name...
2007-02-12 13:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by mark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whats a legume?Pray tell.
2007-02-12 13:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by Niamh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know. What a pitty, missunderstood legumes, poor peanuts!
2007-02-12 13:16:46 · answer #4 · answered by cuchara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eh??? Legumes? whts tht?,
u should have at least given some more details,
im more confused now thn i was b4
2007-02-12 13:09:46 · answer #5 · answered by Ascetic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I did. I have a friend in Spain who grows them in his garden, pulls them out and they are little pods attached to the roots, a bit like miniature potatoes. He picks them fresh, washes the mud off them, quickly flash fries them in a tiny bit of oil on a hot plate, throws a handful of salt on them and, voila ... and they are delicious when they are fresh! Absolutely more-ish! Nothing like what we get in packets in the supermarket!
2007-02-12 13:08:44 · answer #6 · answered by gorgeousfluffpot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks you that has cleared up years of speculation as to why the ones we used to buy from road side sellers in Africa were damp but unbelievably delicious, as another of your answerers has pointed out, not like the rubbish you get in supermarkets over here.
2007-02-12 13:24:34 · answer #7 · answered by ♣ My Brainhurts ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They've made some progress then after years of therapy.
2007-02-12 13:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by Firespider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep...they are beans. Black eyed peas taste like peanuts when they are undercooked.
2007-02-12 13:06:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah! I always thought that they were a variety of African cheese.
2007-02-12 13:12:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋