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    M&Ms: The Discussion

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    Just to clarify- when I was in grad school during the '80s, I was absolutely addicted to M & Ms.  When papers were due, I would brew a carafe of French Roast and throw a handful of M & M's in my mouth.  I would drink the coffee and thoroughly enjoyed the drip of chocolate down my throat.  I'm not sure it improved my papers but it sure elevated my mood!:B

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    Pulses: beans, peas, lentils - love 'em? hate 'em?

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    A few years ago, I bought Molly Steven's "All about Braising".  It includes a recipe for those last of harvest long green beans.  I never knew what to do with those since they seemed so tough.  Well, I have to tell you that braising them in her tomato sauce flavored with anchovy ( which lends a lovely bass note) is the way to go!

     

    Fall isn't fall until I make at least one batch of them.  They never make it to the plate- I eat them right out of the skillet!

     

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    Pulses: beans, peas, lentils - love 'em? hate 'em?

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    I once lived in a housing coop where we shared cooking duties in the well- equipped industrial kitchen.  We quickly learned which cooks were better than others.

     

    One guy was absolutely infatuated with garbanzo beans and we had them in every possible permutation during his rotation.  Garbanzo loaf, garbanzo soup, garbanzo salad, garbanzo casserole...

     

    it it was decades before I could look at one without feeling queasy and even today, 40 years later, cannot eat them whole.

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    Pulses: beans, peas, lentils - love 'em? hate 'em?

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    5 hours ago, Lisa Shock said:

    I used to think I disliked certain types of beans and then realized I didn't like the dish I had associated them with. (I hate my Mom's navy bean soup. I also hate bacon. Until I was an adult, I had only tried certain types of beans cooked with bacon. Once I started being a vegetarian, the world changed.) I started trying different spices and applications, and now I like them all.

     

    Lentils are a sad story for me. I became a vegetarian in college. So, I wound up eating some meals in other vegetarian students' homes. Lentil stew got made quite frequently. Even as an adult, it would show up quite often as the vegetarian dish made by hippie types during my 14 years living in New Mexico. (lentils, potatoes, and carrots, flavored with salt and black pepper) After a while, I could no longer eat lentil stew, I was sick of it. Then, years later, I was watching a cooking show and the host was making some meat filled pastries from Morocco (IIRC) and flavored them with allspice, cinnamon and dried chiles. And, I suddenly realized that I could spice lentils like that. So now, I add some 'sweet' spices to my lentils, in addition to onions and dried chile, and they are good. -And different enough to get kind comments at potlucks.

     

    I have made recipes I like for lots of beans now. India is a great source for ideas, people there make so many beans in so many ways.

     

    Like you, I used to think I hated all things bean as well.  Then I realized that it was simply because they had been so poorly prepared at home.  Now, I love red lentil with lemon soup, Senate navy bean soup and a lovely chile recipe that has become my go to.

    I think this came about because I found the flavor profile that I prefer and then found the recipes that fit it.

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