Yes, I love those things. I eat them with a lot of salt.

I like to mix edamame and all kinds of colorful fresh veggies with lots of greens, some beans, maybe cooked noodles, pasta or rice, all marinated in a zippy dressing.

My local grocery store also has it shelled and flash frozen in decent size bags. Love it in salad or as you would serve any other bean side dish.

When I do that I use kosher salt and a little Mongolian hot oil. Mmmmm.

in a regular grocery store. It comes in a little bottle, don't need much! If you mix it with a little oil, your preference, it will cover. You sure do not want much of it! My eyes are watering just thinking about that! I love it like that though.

She puts a little soya sauce on them, or mixes them in salads.

as a vegetarian but I cannot stand it! It's too wax like for me.. of course I am cannot stand the taste of Kale either!

That is all.

She put them in a bowl, added salt, crushed garlic, olive oil, and some other spices. covered and left them in the bowl overnite in the fridge. When she brought them over she put on a papered cookie sheet. I'm not to sure how long She would taste test them every so often. Those were really good.

but we always get it when we go to one. I love them for about 5 minutes but then they start getting old. I guess it's one of those things where a little is enough for me.


Sadly, pizza is not bound by that restriction.

Our family likes it steamed with sea salt or kosher salt. Yum!

I've grown it several times and SO easy to grow. At harvest you can shell and freeze. But I blanched whole, then shocked to cool and froze in the pod. Can take a little or a lot out of a bag and serve. Takes only one minute to nuke to temp and serve with sea salt. Did I say YUM??? I may be an addict.
Also, when growing your own you can pick them young/small. I like those better than when they get to the size of a lima bean which is the size that seems to come out of the commercial freezer.
Grew/dried black beans too. So easy and cheap! Those dry right in the husk.

it has its own natural flavor, which is just great for snacking. dried soy beans can be tasty as well. There is a festival in Japan to ward off a negative spirit that comes to the door, at a certain time of the year. The dried soy beans, are used in the ritual, by being tossed at the evil spirit driving it away.

The holiday is called (節分 ) Setsubun. http://www.punipunijapan.com/japanese-setsubun/


豆まき – Mamemaki – Bean Throwing
豆まき (mamemaki) means “bean throwing.” Parched Soybeans (大豆 – daizu), called 節分豆 (setsubun mame) or 福豆 (fuku mame – “lucky beans”), are used to rid the house of bad luck and bring in good luck.