{"id":16055,"date":"2016-01-05T14:15:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T19:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=16055"},"modified":"2016-01-05T14:15:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T19:15:33","slug":"legumes-in-the-kitchen-they-are-not-just-for-nitrogen-fixing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=16055","title":{"rendered":"Legumes in the Kitchen: They Are Not Just For Nitrogen-Fixing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/2016\/01\/05\/legumes-in-the-kitchen-they-are-not-just-for-nitrogen-fixing\/\" target=\"_blank\">LEGUMES IN THE KITCHEN: THEY ARE NOT JUST FOR NITROGEN-FIXING<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-meta\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"social-sharing\"><\/div>\n<p>When it comes to legumes, I come from a fortunate background. Born and raised in the southern Louisiana, where cuisine is something entirely different than the rest of the United States, food has long been a product of love and cherish. It deserves devotion. It is given time. Louisianans know the value of doing it slow. Consequently, I grew up intrinsically aware of the worth, nutritionally and palatably, of a home-cooked meal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25172 border\" src=\"http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Garden-hardworkinghippy.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Garden-hardworkinghippy-300x225.jpg 300x, http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Garden-hardworkinghippy.jpg 640x\" alt=\"Garden (hardworkinghippy)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garden (hardworkinghippy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What\u2019s more is that, in Louisiana, food comes from the earth. It\u2019s a state full of food festivals and festivities centered around locally produced food. I grew up knowing the time to buy watermelon or the season for crawfish, and I grew up sharing a table with extended family, all of us licking our fingers clean of spices and sauces. We know how to eat. We know how to cook. And, around the country, the world even (though people don\u2019t realize that Cajun is of Louisiana), our flavors are renown.<\/p>\n<p>All of this is to say that, for me, moving into permaculture, the constant inclusion of legumes as a powerful garden element is nothing short of miraculous. In Louisiana, we are a bean-and-rice eating people. Traditionally, Mondays are for one of our signature dishes: red beans and rice, often with homemade sausage. For New Year\u2019s Day, black-eyed peas (a variety of cowpeas) and cabbage are tradition for bringing in health and wealth in the months to come. We eat beans all the time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25173 border\" src=\"http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Red-beannrice-Jeremy-Keith.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Red-beannrice-Jeremy-Keith-300x225.jpg 300x, http:\/\/permaculturenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Red-beannrice-Jeremy-Keith.jpg 640x\" alt=\"Red beans\u2019n\u2019rice (Jeremy Keith)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red beans\u2019n\u2019rice (Jeremy Keith)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGUMES IN THE KITCHEN: THEY ARE NOT JUST FOR NITROGEN-FIXING When it comes to legumes, I come from a fortunate background. Born and raised in the southern Louisiana, where cuisine is something entirely different than the rest of the United States, food has long been a product of love and cherish. It deserves devotion. 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