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Title: 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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