#tepary beans

[bilboyagathechickenfootedhobbit]

I grew these beans and the onions.

It feels REALLY GOOD to make food with food you’ve grown.

[jackiealpers]

Recipe: Grain Bowl With Green Quinoa, Tepary Beans, Avocado and Egg Grain Bowl With Green Quinoa, Tepary Beans, Avocado and Egg Start your day with this Sonoran style power breakfast.

[rjzimmerman]

Arizona's Tepary Beans Preserve A Native Past, Hold Promise For The Future

Local Native Americans grew teparies for centuries, but the beans began to sink into obscurity. Now, thanks to seed preservation and farmers who want to preserve the past, they're making a comeback.

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The bean thrives on vines even in the hottest months, and packs more protein and other nutrients than its more common relatives, like pinto and kidney beans. Arizona's earliest residents grew teparies for thousands of years, but in recent history, the beans were at risk of shriveling into obscurity. "We have to preserve the past. We have to preserve our traditions," Button said. "We have to respect the responsibility that we have."

The beans come in a spectrum of colors: white, brown, black, and speckled blue like robin's eggs.

"There's a way, that I can't describe in words, where teparies to me taste like the desert itself," [tepary bean evangelist Gary Paul Nabhan] said. "They have this nuttiness and this resilience."

Nabhan began researching the beans for a University of Arizona thesis. In the process, he ended up eating and selling them as a grad student to make ends meet. Nabhan began researching the beans for a University of Arizona thesis. "There's a way, that I can't describe in words, where teparies to me taste like the desert itself," he says.

"Tepary beans are deeply part of cultures here in the desert," Nabhan said. "There were over 30 different cultures in Mexico and the United States that grew tepary beans."

But he thinks the beans are more than just a cultural relic. Nabhan believes the drought-tolerant teparies could become a solution for growing food in a hotter and drier Arizona. Traditionally, the Tohono O'odham grow teparies on monsoon rains alone. "I think we're going to see agriculture of the future looking much more in harmony with the desert rather than always being in struggle with a desert existence," Nabhan said.

The demand for tepary beans is now growing outside native communities. Ramona Farms reports it distributes products to more than 50 restaurants and shops, from Whole Foods Markets to restaurants such as Tucson's Welcome Diner. Recipes online include tepary beans in hummus, stews and salads.

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[soilrockslove]

In relation to the conversation I’ve been having with @clatterbane,

I just looked and NS/S has some new varieties of tepary bean!  Including Yellow.

“Small yellow-tan colored beans. USDA selected and grown out in Tucson. Can be grown on a trellis or be left to sprawl on the ground.“

I’ve been experimenting with breeding tepary beans to do well in my specific location (and have some other stuff I like if possible)  And *every time* they always seem to drift towards having yellow or gold colored beans.  It really makes me wonder if there’s something about this place and genes being linked to certain colors. O_o