I’m Arlo’s age.I find it hard to believe he has never seen a bean before. Soy is just a type of bean, Arlo. Anyway, what kind of processed foods do you eat? Mine tend to contain cheaper oils, not soybean.
Not sure what Jimmy is trying to say here. Since Janis isn’t smiling, my take is that the cartoonist is noting how ubiquitous soybeans are in our diet, despite recent (and not so recent) findings that they can have ill effects on health, particularly when consumed in quantity. Google “soybeans hormone imbalance” and see what you come up with.
It’s important because it is a bland and tasteless. It’s very low in Sodium and a good source of dietary Fiber, Protein, Thiamin, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Copper, and a very good source of Vitamin K, Folate and Manganese.
Something that good for you has to be bland and tasteless.
Interestingly, there are a variety of non-food uses for soy beans including AstroTurf; candles; crayons; wood stain; hydraulic fluid; ink; spray foam insulation; fire logs, and paint balls. http://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/10-things-made-with-soybeans/2
I certainly know what a soybean looks like. I live out in the country and there’s a field next door. It alternates between soybeans and corn., with this year’s crop being corn.
I grew up on a farm where that was our primary crop. Here’s a link for those not familiar with what they look like: http://cropchatter.com/what-should-my-soybeans-look-like-when-they-are-ready-to-harvest/
In Asimov’s CAVES OF STEEL nearly all food is produced by fungi — like mushrooms, truffles and black fungus — using pine trees for the main fungus food, I believe. In it, they had developed many flavors, textures, types. You might call it early Vegan.
When you start with millions of types, the possibilities are numerous.
It would be an energy efficient method of producing food for large numbers of people.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Tofu.
Jason Allen over 6 years ago
So Arlo has never had edamame? I guess he’s not quite as much as a foodie as he sometimes comes off as.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 6 years ago
Don’t look at it; eat it — drink it, bathe in it, whatever.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 6 years ago
(They raise plenty of them around here in Northwest Florida.)
Anathema Premium Member over 6 years ago
Soybean grow into tofu. Go to a sushi house and order the endamame
Skeptical Meg over 6 years ago
Kidney beans look like kidneys so I’m guessing it looks like a soy. I didn’t look when the doctor removed mine because I had soy stones.
Carl Fink Premium Member over 6 years ago
I’m Arlo’s age.I find it hard to believe he has never seen a bean before. Soy is just a type of bean, Arlo. Anyway, what kind of processed foods do you eat? Mine tend to contain cheaper oils, not soybean.
nosirrom over 6 years ago
Soybean reading the ingredients again, Arlo?
candomarty Premium Member over 6 years ago
Not sure what Jimmy is trying to say here. Since Janis isn’t smiling, my take is that the cartoonist is noting how ubiquitous soybeans are in our diet, despite recent (and not so recent) findings that they can have ill effects on health, particularly when consumed in quantity. Google “soybeans hormone imbalance” and see what you come up with.
Russell Bedford over 6 years ago
Soy and soy derived products are deadly for those with hypothyroid conditions. As bad as if not worse than peanuts allergies in other folks.
Russell Bedford over 6 years ago
Soy and soy derived products are deadly for those with hypothyroid conditions. As bad as if not worse than peanuts allergies in other folks.
Tyge over 6 years ago
Soy bean is a major rotation crop.
It’s important because it is a bland and tasteless. It’s very low in Sodium and a good source of dietary Fiber, Protein, Thiamin, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Copper, and a very good source of Vitamin K, Folate and Manganese.
Something that good for you has to be bland and tasteless.
MIHorn Premium Member over 6 years ago
Come to Northern Indiana — look at all the soybeans you want to. And for a change, look at the corn.
Thechildinme over 6 years ago
Interestingly, there are a variety of non-food uses for soy beans including AstroTurf; candles; crayons; wood stain; hydraulic fluid; ink; spray foam insulation; fire logs, and paint balls. http://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/10-things-made-with-soybeans/2
Larry Miller Premium Member over 6 years ago
I certainly know what a soybean looks like. I live out in the country and there’s a field next door. It alternates between soybeans and corn., with this year’s crop being corn.
john over 6 years ago
I grew up on a farm where that was our primary crop. Here’s a link for those not familiar with what they look like: http://cropchatter.com/what-should-my-soybeans-look-like-when-they-are-ready-to-harvest/
Font Lady Premium Member over 6 years ago
And I’ll bet corn is used in even more things.
Daeder over 6 years ago
It looks like a cross between a pea and a black-eyed pea that’s lost it’s black eye.
Go to a Japanese restaurant and order edamame if you want to see one.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 6 years ago
In Asimov’s CAVES OF STEEL nearly all food is produced by fungi — like mushrooms, truffles and black fungus — using pine trees for the main fungus food, I believe. In it, they had developed many flavors, textures, types. You might call it early Vegan.
When you start with millions of types, the possibilities are numerous.
It would be an energy efficient method of producing food for large numbers of people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Edible_fungi
Phil721 over 6 years ago
I’m not sure where Arlo lives, Jimmy lives in north Alabama. Alabama produced over13 million bushels of soybeans on 410,000 acres in 2016.
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 6 years ago
I would imagine that a soy bean is a bean made out of soy.
gryphonmage over 6 years ago
looks like allergies to me, which is unfortunate when you review Arlo’s list :/