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.
On 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.
I don’t know about edamame but I have faced that problem many times. I hate when a package gives the serving size before cooking it or they says 1/8 of the dry package!!! I mean come on, could you possibly make it more difficult for us!!!
An example that comes to mind…. cake. They say 1/8 of the dry mix. Well honestly, I don’t think that Tristan would like me to give me dry cake mix!!!!! LOL
I do the same as Sara and really don’t count them unless I am eating a lot of them. I love edamame- my kids do too! Sam’s sells a bunch of individual packs frozen (in the shells) that are the perfect amount and requires no bolus at all. (salt optional) yum! they are great on salads too!
Edamame rock.
I think of them as healthy potato chips (essentially, a salt vehicle).
My suggestion is the same as what Zazzy suggested: count it out once, and write it down for later (although honestly, I do what Sara does — I don’t count for them (mostly out of laziness)).
I agree with Zazzy – I always go to Calerie King for help. Never tried edamame – maybe I should . . .
I can’t answer your question, but I guess I’ll have to try those. I think I had them one time on a salad, but I am not sure. I’ve heard much about them recently so I guess I have to try them. I can be a bit of a picky eater myself…like I never woulda tried brussel sprouts…uh-unh.