Glencoe Visual Showcase Food for Today

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Legumes Black Beans (Turtle Beans)

• Small, black, oval beans with white dot at one
  end and cream-colored flesh
• Sweet flavor and smooth texture
• Use in soups and stews
• Traditional in Mexican, Central and South
  American, and Caribbean cuisines
• Cooking Time 1 to 1½ hours

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Legumes Black-Eyed Peas

• Medium-size oval beans
• White with small black eye on one side
• Light, smooth texture with distinct savory flavor
• Use in curries and main dishes with ham or rice
• Traditional in Southern cuisine
• Cooking Time 30 minutes to 1 hour

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Legumes Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas)

• Medium-size, round, roughly shaped, beige beans
  with nut-like flavor and firm texture
• Hold their shape when cooked
• Use in soups, stews, and salads and as snacks
• Popular in European and Middle Eastern cuisines
• Cooking Time 1 to 1½ hours

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Legumes Kidney Beans

• Large, deep- or light-red, kidney-shaped beans
  with cream-colored flesh
• Hearty flavor and firm texture
• Use in soups, stews, casseroles, and salads
• Popular in Central American cuisines
• Cooking Time 1½ to 2 hours

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Legumes Lima Beans

• Greenish-white, flat, oval beans with mild flavor
  and smooth, creamy texture
• Use as a side dish and in soups and casseroles
• Cooking Time Baby limas are small and cook in 1
  hour large limas, also called butter beans, cook
  in 1 to 1½ hours

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Legumes Pinto Beans

• Medium-size, oval beans with mottled beige and
  brown skin that turns brown when cooked
• Flavorful, with a creamy texture
• Popular in most Spanish-speaking countries and in
  Tex-Mex cuisine
• Use in soups and stews, with rice, and to make
  refried beans
• Cooking Time 1½ to 2 hours

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Legumes White Beans

• Mild flavor use in soups, stews, casseroles, and
  salads
• Navy beans are small oval beans used in
  commercially prepared pork and beans
• Great Northern beans are about twice the size of
  navy beans
• Cannellini beans have a smooth texture and
  nut-like flavor
• Cooking Time 45 minutes to 2 hours, depending on
  variety

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Legumes Split Peas

• Whole dry peas, skinned and split
• Green or yellow
• Cook relatively fast and turn into thick, creamy
  purée
• Use in soups
• No presoaking necessary
• Cooking Time 30 minutes to 1 hour

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Legumes Lentils

• Small, lens-shaped legume popular in Europe, the
  Middle East, and India
• Mild flavor red, brown, and green varieties
• Do not presoak before cooking
• Red lentils cook faster than others
• Use in soups, stews, salads, and side dishes
• Cooking Time 20 minutes to 1 hour

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