May 24, 2007

Blog Kindergarten: A Bossy Tutorial. Edamame.

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

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:

And sometimes it looks like this:

But in Bossy’s house it looks like this:

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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12 comments

1. 1
   on May 24th, 2007 at 9:04 am
   Jerzy said:

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


2. 2
   on May 24th, 2007 at 9:44 am
   Noelle said:

   Mmmmmm… Edamame… so salty and tasty.


3. 3
   on May 24th, 2007 at 9:52 am
   Oh, The Joys said:

   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. 4
   on May 24th, 2007 at 11:28 am
   mcewen said:

   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


5. 5
   on May 24th, 2007 at 11:37 am
   lady macleod said:

   If you read too many of those nutritional reports you will end eating mud/sand pies with Spud and Sparx.


6. 6
   on May 24th, 2007 at 11:54 am
   orangeblossoms said:

   At least it didn’t say: grow prostate. now that would be scary!


7. 7
   on May 24th, 2007 at 11:59 am
   moi said:

   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. 8
   on May 24th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
   Les~ said:

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

   Not for me!


9. 9
   on May 24th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
   Seattle Mamacita said:

   your sex and the soybean line reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when George sneaks in bites of his reuben sandwich while doing the “sexy”..


10. 10
    on May 24th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
    Adorable Girlfriend said:

    OMG. How do you think up some awesome posts?!


11. 11
    on May 24th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
    Erin said:

    Edamame…Enima???????


12. 12
    on May 24th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
    Mrs. Chicky said:

    I could really go for a foot long frank to go with some of those beans.

    Why am I feeling so randy all of a sudden?