Comments on: 7 Things That Make Beans Magical

By: Kalel

Kalel — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:30:30 +0000

Now beans-and-weenies are just too Freudian to eat.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:46:25 +0000

@Sparky

I do agree, not enough people have internet access.

By: Sparky

Sparky — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:22:09 +0000

” . . . while others believe it was because they look like female genitalia.”

Have tehse unnamed others ever actually SEEN any female genitalia?!?

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:21:49 +0000

@vrmmff

I’ve heard a different story regarding why Pythagoras did not approve of his followers eating beans, and that was because he believed that when you farted, you released part of your soul. If that’s true, I don’t think I have any soul left.

By: freightgod

freightgod — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:30:09 +0000

This puts me in mind of an old rhyme my dad used to say when I was a kid:

“Beans, beans, the magical fruit!
The more you eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel,
So eat some beans at every meal!”

By: Sonuvah

Sonuvah — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:06:03 +0000

Hooray for the kind soul who invented red beans and rice. Blue Runner red beans and some Richards’ with rice have made for many a “throw down” meal when I was called out to cover shift.

By: ted

ted — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:57:17 +0000

There is nothing new under the sun.

By: Vbnx

Vbnx — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:42:20 +0000

Lets not put down beans too much. Eating raw meat can make you very ill too. It’s easy to properly cook red beans.

By: vrmmff

vrmmff — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:42:21 +0000

The reason Pythagoras told his followers to “abstain from beans” is that certain beans can be toxic when consumed raw. There is an inherited condition known as “favism” that can result in nerve damage, coma and even paralysis when beans are consumed. It is more common in people who live around the Mediterranean.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:21:27 +0000

Haricot means bean in french. Where (geographically) are they called bean beans?

By: Kalel

Kalel — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:01:16 +0000

Apparently I don’t know beans.

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:26:15 +0000

Under the “Musical” heading…

“bacteria in the large intestine digest the enzyme.”

Should read “sugar” not “enzyme”.