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Pinto Beans
Pinto beans, sometimes known as speckled beans, are a staple food in the southeastern parts of the United States. They are also common in Mexican cooking. Pinto beans are the bean that are most commonly used in refried beans. They are commonly spread on tortillas.
237 Questions
Just what they sound like. Pinto beans that are fried in a pan with lard.
Is paprika good in pinto beans?
Paprika has little or no flavor it's mainly used for color it's a main ingredient in chili powder which I would use in pinto beans rather than strait paprika. Taste some of both in the palm of your hand and you'll see what I mean.
Should you scoop off the foam from your pinto beans cooking?
It is recommended by many reputable sources to remove the foam from the beans during cooking. It is said that the foam is the source of why people get flatulance after consuming beans.
Can a pinto bean grow in a plastic bag with a moist paper towel?
The answer is yes. In our agriculture class we did this as an experiment and it worked.
Do cranberry beans and pinto beans taste close enough to be interchanged?
I don't think I have ever eaten cranberry beans. I've heard of them, but I've never eaten them. But, usually with cooked dry beans you can use whatever kind you like in any kind of recipe. Variety is the spice of life.
they cost 4.59 if you buy the bag of dried pinto beans
Where did pinto beans originate from?
Where did beans originate from? beans such as pinto and so forth...
Are northern beans better for you than pinto beans?
They are very similar in nutrients so one is no healthier than the other.
When was the pinto bean invented?
Before Columbus, the Old World was familiar with numerous kinds of beans, but neither the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris,nor the lima bean, P. lunatus, was known. Their American origin is fixed by descriptions and references to finding them at many widely scattered points over the Americas about 1500 and soon after.
The word "bean," like the word "vegetable," is indefinite. It is used to refer to the seeds of many different kinds of plants.
The use of the expression "common bean" is in accord with the scientific name Phaseolus vulgaris, which means exactly that. It includes our dry, field varieties, such as Navy or Pea Bean, Red Kidney, Pinto, Great Northern, Marrow, and Yellow Eye. It also includes all our edible-podded garden beans called stringless or snap beans and formerly called string beans. (Some varieties are stringy.)
The English first used the name "kidney bean" in 1551 to distinguish our American common bean from Old World types.
In the South and some other parts of this country lima beans are commonly called "butter beans." In New England this colloquialism is sometimes used to refer to yellowpodded ("wax") varieties of snap beans.
Before the discovery of the New World, Europeans did have other bean species with various traditions associated with them. On 3 days of the year, the Roman head of the household went through a ritual ceremony of spitting beans out of his mouth to rid his home of evil spirits. This custom carried over to the Middle Ages, where spitting a mouthful of beans in a witch's face was considered to negate her powers. Perhaps beans were thought to be a potent deterrent against evil because as a seed they have stored within them the positive life force of all living and growing things.
Are pinto beans and kidney beans considered a starch on the Adkins diet?
pinto beans are considered a starch
