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.

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.

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.

Fair enough. I'll just eat it and consider it not a Twinkie and therefore a win.

(Honestly, in my quest to eat more vegetables, when I can't figure out is something even qualifies as a vegetable, it makes me want to give up.)

(I learned long ago that the corn-and-potatoes-aren't-REALLY-vegetables-and-carrots-barely-count ship has sailed. I was hoping other things that grow in the ground would be more clear cut.)

You can make a quest to eat more plants?

Well, Teppy, do you consider other beans veggies? I would say I'm more likely to consider edamame a veggie because (a) it's green and (b) sometimes it's in veggie mixes, but generally I'd think it is in the "legumes" category, more?

You can make a quest to eat more plants?

I know, but things that grow in the ground don't get counted as vegetables, like corn! I have one sanctimonious friend on FB who never EVER missed the opportunity to tell me I'm not eating vegetables if I think corn and carrots are vegetables. (They're "really sugar", according to her.)

Pfft. Next thing she'll tell me Corn Nuts aren't nutritious! Especially the BBQ flavor!

I don't think I understand what would make something that is a plant or part of a plant not qualify as a vegetable.

do you consider other beans veggies?

Green beans/string beans (are they the same???) and lima beans, yes. Are snow peas beans? Peas are legumes, right? But they seem like veggies to me. I think, like you said, it might be the fact they're green.

But then I wouldn't think of chickpeas, black beans, or kidney beans as veggies.

I really just want to be able to count my servings of veggies and know I actually ate veggies and not some impostor that's really a starchy protein/legume/something.

Damn it, back to Corn Nuts.

(I do love Corn Nuts.)

Pffle to your friends, Tep. Corn and carrots are totally vegetable. They're not greens, and they contain more carbs/starches than, say, kale, but they're still vegetables, and better for you than potato chips.