#borlotto

[seedkeeping]

I keep a box on my dresser for all the seeds (and ibuprofen) I find in my pockets at the end of the day. There are other boxes in other places for the same purpose. #blackpeanuts #speckledbambara #borlotto #teosinte #thaichili #snails #potawatomipolelima #brownspeckledbutterbeans #chestnutbeans #seaislandredpeas #fagiolinadeltrasimeno #pinkeyedbutterbean #ibuprofen #seedkeeping #pocketseeds (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

[seedkeeping]

Today I shipped out more calendars, and two orders are on a long journey to Australia! Thanks so much to everyone who has been supporting my seed keeping work and brightening their future walls with this monthly focus on seeds of Resilience and Resistance! Available at www.trueloveseeds.com

This week I’m highlighting the photo and caption from May 2018:

My friend Rachel Sayet sent me a Mohegan succotash recipe that calls for “Dwarf Horticultural Beans,” a type of cranberry bean that came to the U.S. in the 1800s from Italy. The recipe was written by Rachel’s great-granduncle, Harold Tantaquidgeon, and published in her mother (and Mohegan medicine woman) Melissa Tantaquidgeon’s 1994 book, “The Lasting of the Mohegans.”

As a descendant of Italian immigrants who grew up on Mohegan land, I decided to grow these Borlotto beans to honor the resilience of the native people in Connecticut, and to hold onto Italian culture despite generations of assimilation.

#resilienceandresistance #2018seedkeepingcalendar #seedkeeping #trueloveseeds #borlotto #borlottobeans #succatash #mohegansuccotash

[seedkeeping]

Today was a bean day. 1. Potawatomi Pole Lima (Phaseolus lanatus), a beautiful and prolific lima from the Potawatomi Nation in Wisconson. 2. Fagiolina del Trasimeno (Vigna unguiculata) is an endangered Italian cowpea from the hills around Lake Trasimeno in Umbria, and is now protected by Slow Food Italy. 3. Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco (Phaseolus vulgaris) is another Italian heirloom that I learned about in a recipe for Succotash that @rbsayet sent me from her great great uncle Harold Tantaquidgeon, who was a Mohegan chief. This Native American species (P. vulgaris) of bean was adopted and adapted by Italians and then again adopted for use in this Mohegan recipe. As an Italian who grew up on Mohegan land, I'm excited to care for this bean as well. Thanks to William Woys Weaver and @roughwoodseeds for introducing me to the first two beans! #legumes #borlottobeans #borlotto #bolottolinguadifuoco #phaseolusvulgaris #phaseoluslunatus #vignaunguiculata #fagiolinadeltrasimeno #cowpeas #blackeyedpeas #commonbean #heirloombeans #potawatomipolelima (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)

[kochfee]

Borlotti - Bohnen

für 2 Personen

150 g Borlotti-Bohnen/Wachtelbohnen über Nacht in Wasser einweichen.

Borlotti-Bohnen werden in Italien im Penny ebenso günstig verkauft wie in Deutschland die weißen Bohnen. Wer nicht extra hin fahren will, kann sie über Amazon zum 4-fachen Preis bestellen. Es gibt sie trocken oder bereits fertig gekocht in Wasser eingelegt.

Bohnen abgießen.

Mittelgroßer Topf: 750 g Wasser - ohne Salz, sonst werden Bohnen nicht gar -mit den Bohnen aufkochen lassen. Deckel zu. Köcheln lassen für mindestens 1 Stunde bis zu 1,5 Stunden.

Kleine Pfanne - in Ghee klein gewürfelt anbraten: 50-100 g Speck/Coppa/Steak-Fleisch + 1 kleine Zwiebel + 1 Zehe Knoblauch + optional: 1 Karotte + optional: 1 EL Tomatenmark

Angebratenes zu den gekochten Bohnen geben. Dazu: ½ TL Salz + Pfeffer + optional: 1 kleine Kartoffel.

Sollen die Bohnen erst am nächsten Tag gegessen werden: Mit geschlossenem Deckel etwas abkühlen lassen und im Kühlschrank kalt stellen.

Vor dem Servieren erneut aufkochen lassen, nur bei Kartoffel-Zugabe nochmal 15 Minuten köcheln.

Optional zum Servieren: mit Petersilie bestreuen und mit Olivenöl beträufeln. Dazu passen Reis und Fleisch.

[medizinfee]

Bohnen zum schlank werden

gibt es tatsächlich

Die italienische weiße Kidneybohne “Borlotto Lamon” senkt den Ghrelin-Spiegel, das sogenannte “Hunger-Hormon”.

Zusätzlich blockiert diese Bohnensorte das Enzym Alpha-Amylase, welches Kohlenhydrate in Zucker umwandelt.

Quelle: British Medical Journal, 2013. May