"It's over — but I'm keeping the bean club." Soleil Ho writes for @COYOTEMedia about hard-to-get-into food clubs (Rancho Gordo's waitlist has 33,725 names on it) and how subscriptions get divvied up in the event of divorce.
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A lot of people don’t know this, but beans are crazy easy to grow, and they’ll work even in bad soil. Plus the plants are great for refurbishing old and tired soil. And pollinators love them.
Heritage plants are great, and seeds are available. Note that companies like Rancho Gordo treat their beans so they cannot be sprouted. There are companies that sell heritage and sproutable beans in bulk.
Go to any ethnic market that sells beans bulk, and I will bet folding money they will sprout.
Beans are the planet’s most viable and inexpensive protein and complex carb food source. We cannot let a few people gatekeep this most precious of resources.
Grow beans. Share seeds.
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Y’all, I want to talk about beans. And capitalism. And stupidity and greed. You know, the American Way.
Now Bean Clubs, ie people who trade beans, have been around forever. US clubs as far back as the 1800s, and the 4H Club has had an active Bean Club since the 1930s.
But #RanchoGordo has expensive beans for rich white people, and trademarked the term #BeanClub, and is threatening to sue anyone who uses the term. This has got to be one of the stupidest trademark claims I have ever seen. (Edit: I used copyright where I should have used trademark.)
They have literally sent cease and desist letters to heirloom bean growers and distributors.
Y’all, beans. We’re talking about beans. Late stage capitalism is so goddamn stupid. I’m tempted to go start a porn site called BeanClub, just for the giggles of it.
https://www.today.com/food/news/rancho-gordo-bean-club-trademark-cease-and-desist-rcna267350
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This bean conversion calculator is...
surprisingly useful!
https://earthtoveg.com/calc/beans/
Cans to cups! Dried to cooked! Everything in between!
All the #beans! #RanchoGordo heads unite!
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I literally just opened my #RanchoGordo box before playing today’s #Strands puzzle.
#Strands446
“The musical fruit”
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Spouse told me that secret bean cult peeps call themselves "The Leguminati". Ssh, secret name!
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Can’t have too many beans! #RanchoGordo #Leguminati
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Saturday night and we aren't watching TV or drinking beers. No. Instead we are sitting on the couch and fondling and cackling over our bean treasure.
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Ran out of refrieds, so this Sunday starts with beans. #beans #ranchogordo #cooking #sundayrituals
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Cranberry Beans and sausages tonight!
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Heck yeah! It's emmereffin Bean Club Day! #RanchoGordo #BeanClub
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Quarterly bean club day is always the best. #RanchoGordo #beans #VegetarianCooking #food
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Bean Club unboxing time! Already making overtures at that bag of ceci piccoli... #RanchoGordo #BeanClub
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@tkinias Perhaps try Native Seeds/SEARCH or Steve Sando's #RanchoGordo beans company?
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Oh nothing much, just a bean burro made with flageolet legumes, topped with a dot of sour cream, and wait for it, my homemade chiltepin "tabasco", a mess of pomegranate seeds and sliced kumquats both from the garden. Not your basic bean burro. #légumes #ranchogordo
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Found a yummy sounding baked tofu and black bean recipe with a sesame oil and sambal oelek based sauce yesterday, and gave it a whirl last night. It was surprisingly satisfying and delicious. #cooking #ranchogordo
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Smoky confit of cassoulet beans with Kalamata olives recipe came out pretty tasty! #cooking #ranchogordo #goodforyou
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Just about done simmering these cassoulet beans with loose bouquet garni. Tomorrow, I’ll bake them in a smoky vegetarian confit with Kalamata olives recipe for dinner. A couple of you had posted about Rancho Gordo beans awhile back, and man were you right. They are simply amazing to cook with and eat! #cooking #ranchogordo #goodforyou
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Bean of the week! #RanchoGordo Christmas Lima Beans #foodtoot #beans
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Black eyed peas for supper, with rice, homemade biscuits, and collards. #thisistheway #ranchogordo #happynewyears #goodluck
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Enjoying the first bottle from a case of #Castoro Cellars #wine that I received as a #Christmas gift from @zpneal.
This 2019 #PasoRobles #Tempranillo from Whale Rock Vineyard is oaky (in the best way possible) with cherry notes & grippy tannins.
Can’t wait to have it with #RanchoGordo Alubia Blanca beans & seeded toast tonight.
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All hail Rancho Gordo beans!! And chickpea pasta too. #ranchogordo
