How Did We Learn To Eat Beans

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Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

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🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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If you have ever wondered how humans learned what wild foods were edible, you’re not alone! It took a lot of involved, sustained effort by our ancestors, who gnawed on plants for eight to ten hours per day. The story of how we consumed beans is one fascinating example of how we learned to cook foods. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/4aA3wc5Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3vxuKkNBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3vxrfuAEGHomesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3vxiOzpLearn More:5 Ancient Gardening Methods That Work in the Modern GardenConnect With Margot Kelley:Margot Kelley is a vegetable gardener of 20+ years based in Maine and the author of A Gardener at the End of the World, a memoir about gardens, seeds, and viruses written during the pandemic. Her other gardening books include Foodtopia: Communities in Pursuit of Peace, Love, & Homegrown Food, The Meadow (with Barbara Bosworth), and A Field Guide to Other People’s Trees. Website Instagram Margot’s new book (publisher site) Margot’s new book (Amazon) Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order.Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think every child at some point has been hanging out with their friends and
0:18.4	wondered how we learn to eat all the foods that that exist that are on our tables every single night for dinner or breakfast or lunch.
0:28.0	And I remember thinking this about mushrooms specifically, but today we have Margot Kelly on the show,
0:34.8	veggie gardener of 20 plus years, and the author of a gardener at the end of the world.
0:39.0	Today, Margot, we are talking about beans. How did we learn to eat beans? So maybe we could start with what
0:45.7	would happen if you eat beans that aren't cooked. Oh one it will take a crazy long
0:51.9	time.
0:53.0	Our predecessors, before we learn to eat things like beans and cook,
0:59.0	etc, would spend 8 to 10 hours a day day just nine, nine, nine,
1:03.3	on leaves and seeds and nuts
1:05.8	to get enough calories.
1:08.0	So that's before fire.
1:09.8	Before.
1:10.9	Yeah, we just sort of, were chewing all day. We're just out here chewing you know? Yeah.
1:18.4	That's probably why we were hunting gathering just kind of lounging around all like you got to chew right?
1:24.0	You do, you do.
1:25.8	Okay, so let's say, let's get past the point of fire.
1:28.9	How did we, do we even know how we learned to eat beans? Maybe that's the place to start.
1:35.0	So I won't say we know we know how to eat beans.
1:41.0	Somebody figured it out. They, were an early thing. Peas were pretty early so
1:46.4	beans would have been early too, probably five or six thousand years ago. But one of the things
1:51.4	about beans that was really surprising to me because I eat a lot of beans is they didn't make it to the the northern and eastern part of what's now the United States until about a thousand years ago. They've been being eaten for much,
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