Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.

'Objects In Space'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - May 07, 2014 4:43:16 pm PDT #27120 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Edamame is soy beans.

I knew edamame is soy beans, but I'm still fuzzy on the category. Protein, not vegetable?


Laura - May 07, 2014 4:44:08 pm PDT #27121 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

I gave the boys a dollar coin for each of theirs. It seems like I remember getting a quarter, but it has been a long while. I lost my last one at 59 and didn't get a thing but a big dentist bill. It didn't have an adult tooth under it so it never came out naturally.


Hil R. - May 07, 2014 4:44:33 pm PDT #27122 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Protein and vegetable aren't mutually exclusive categories.


Hil R. - May 07, 2014 4:58:27 pm PDT #27123 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

(Sorry. Describing a food as "a protein" or "a carb" is a weird pet peeve of mine. Those are things contained in foods, not food categories. And I know plenty of diet plans use those terms, and it annoys me both in terms of scientific accuracy and in terms of the weird relationship to food that I've seen it foster. Not that using those terms makes everyone have a weird relationship to food -- just that my most significant experience with a food system that uses those classifications was a pretty bad one, that involved an attitude toward food that I found really damaging.)

(And I'll stop talking now, because this is getting way more into psychology than nutrition.)


Steph L. - May 07, 2014 5:06:32 pm PDT #27124 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Protein and vegetable aren't mutually exclusive categories.

I literally don't know how else to ask my question. What is edamame? Is it considered a vegetable? If not, what is it considered?


Hil R. - May 07, 2014 5:08:51 pm PDT #27125 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

It's a legume. Which is a type of vegetable biologically, since it's a part of a plant. But usually not considered a vegetable culinarily, since legumes are really a whole separate category in terms of how you cook them. It contains a lot of protein. It also contains carbs. And a little bit of fat.


Laura - May 07, 2014 5:10:17 pm PDT #27126 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

What is edamame? Is it considered a vegetable? If not, what is it considered?

Yummy? Okay, maybe not helpful. But it is!


Steph L. - May 07, 2014 5:10:27 pm PDT #27127 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

It's a legume.

So not a vegetable. I'm assuming, since you didn't say yes, it is a vegetable.

I'm frustrated, because I literally cannot think of another way to phrase what seemed to me like a yes-or-no question.


Hil R. - May 07, 2014 5:11:49 pm PDT #27128 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

See edit. "Vegetable" is used a lot of different ways, most of them contradicting each other. It's a vegetable, or part of a vegetable, by some of those definitions.


-t - May 07, 2014 5:13:52 pm PDT #27129 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I consider it a vegetable. But if I needed some protein and I had edamame, that would do. They are a wonder food that can fit multiple niches.

I would not consider peanuts a vegetable, even though they are also legumes. I'm pretty sure that's wrong-headed of me, but there it is.

There's probably a tariff ruling that could clear this up.