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How do I count that?

March 9, 2009 By Scott K. Johnson 11 Comments

During the business portion of my trip to California last month I tried a few new foods.  One of the ones I tried and really liked was edamame!  I liked it enough that I actually bought some when I got home and I was anxious to cook it up and go to town!

But once I opened the bag and tried measuring a serving out, I ran into trouble.

edemame on a plateOn the label it said one serving is 1/2 cup, but it was marked with a couple of asterisks.  I followed the asterisks to a message that read “measured for the edible portion only”.

Alright, so it sounds like I am to measure the bean, not including the shells or “bean pods”.  How the heck do I do that?  This is just like shelled peanuts, which I don’t know how to count either!  Arg!

Here’s what I want to do.  I want to prepare a serving size or two, then eat.

I don’t want to prepare a bunch, then seperate the edamame from the shells, then measure the separated edamame into labeled servings, then eat.

How the heck do I measure this stuff (BEFORE cooking)?

I need some support from you kitchen heads out there…

P.S. – how cool was it that Lee Ann also mentioned edamame recently?  I took that as “a sign” that I was eating something good for me.  I didn’t even know they came unshelled!  But I find that I like splitting and seperating them as I eat.  It’s part of the experience.

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