Mung bean, also known as mung dal, moong dal, mash bean, munggo or monggo, green gram, golden gram, and green soy, is the seed of Vigna radiata which is native to India. The beans are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color. The English word "mung" derives from the Hindi mung. In the South Indian Tamil language it is known as payiru, in Kannada as hesaru bele,in telugu known as "pesalu" and in the Philippines as munggo or monggo.The mung bean is one of many species recently moved from the genus Phaseolus to Vigna and is still often seen cited as Phaseolus aureus or Phaseolus radiatus. These are all the same plant.

Thursday is Chinese New Year and I thought I would give you a couple of recipes for making your own little Chinese banquet. Food symbolism is important for the Chinese New Year and noodles suggest a long life. Today we have a noodle recipe and tomorrow I will give you a bean curd recipe.

A perfect foil to a Sunday Roast

Man, when will behavior like this stop? These people ruin themselves eating cold beans from the back of a dirty tour van for your entertainment.You kinda gotta figure the least you owe them is not to be stealing their stage props. Anybody holding information or better, the prop itself should contact sam@windishagency.com and aid in it's safe return

Mediterranean Diet cut risk of dying before 80 years old by 23 percent. But don't stop your healthy ways there! Those who ate healthy and exercised regularly, didn't smoke, and drank alcohol in moderation cut their risk of an early death by 65 percent!" Denise Austin Lubi (Green Bean Meat Stew) Hummus (Chick Pea Dip) Tabbouleh (Parsley salad)

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