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Blog Kindergarten: A Bossy Tutorial. Edamame.

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Otherwise known as the Soybean, Edamame is a legume native to Eastern Asia.

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According to Wikipedia the soybean is an annual plant that may grow prostrate or stiffly erect with self-fertile flowers and stems covered in gray pubescence and Bossy is sorry but are we still talking about edamame?

Edamame has a mild nut flavor and contains almost as much protein as an egg white. And soybeans have more acid than a Grateful Dead concert which is why edamame is thought to inhibit blood clotting, reduce the risk of cancer, and possibly lower cholesterol.

To prepare this healthy snack, typically the soybeans are briskly boiled for a few minutes while in their shell and served with a dusting of heart attack salt.

Sometimes it looks like this:
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And sometimes it looks like this:
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But in Bossy’s house it looks like this:

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Popular Television Show: Sex And The Soybean.

Here’s A Perfectly Confusing American Heart Association Article That Says The Positive Effects Of Soybeans Are Not Confirmed So Soy-like Supplements Should Not Be Used Whereas Soybeans Are Probably Beneficial And Other Contradictory Things.

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  1. Hey Bossy, you forgot “The fruit is a hairy pod” (directly copied from Wikipedia!)

  3. The bag in BOSSY’S house says “high fiber” – note to BOSSY… KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE JOYS LEST THE MIGHT WIND penetrate PENNSYLVANIA.

  4. Well during my own [non] scientific schedule for the last ……er. nearly six months, I am happy to report that so far as I am aware there are no notable benefits or hardships from soyabeans.
    My diet = liquid protein shakes 6 to 8 per day, pure liquid diet. It’s basically just very boring.
    Cheers

  7. Good for me or not, I loves me those sexy little edamame. They’re one of the few veggie-like foods that don’t get stuck all up in my braces. Unlike broccoli. A friggin’ fascist veggie if I ever met one.

  8. I tried ’em….my taste buds immediately thought I had gone insane.

    Not for me!