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Last week I was out in Nebraska gazing over the lovely green fields of mature
soybeans and once again I found myself asking the question which I have
been putting to others ever since I came to the States almost 20 years ago
from Japan:

     "Why don't Americans eat fresh soybeans?"

We are adrift in a sea of soybeans but I can't buy a single plant? What gives?

For those of you that think I'm crazy, fresh soybeans are wonderful!
You boil them in the pod, then can either eat them by popping them out of the
pod directly into your mouth (typical Japanese bar food - their version of beer
nuts), or you pod them all ahead of time and warm the beans up with some butter
and seasonings (e.g. salt and pepper). Great source of nutrition as well as very tasty.

I have heard the theory espoused that the soybeans you see growing in the fields
are not edible by humans.  This is nonsense. My folks use *field* soybeans each year
to plant a crop in their garden and they taste just like what we used to eat in Japan.

Maybe some Americans are eating fresh soybeans and I'm unaware of the source.
Please tell me if that's the case.  

Leif Neve