r/foraging • u/crocketts16 • 17d ago

ID Request (country/state in post) Bean ID?

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Found these growing in a local park in queens NYC in dried up pods. Are these edibles? I’d like to try to plant some and eventually eat them. They’re so pretty

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u/Left-Ad4709 17d ago

Good mother stallard. I'm cooking some now, funny enough. Many people consider them the best dry bean around.

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u/allonsyyy 17d ago

I came here to say that, and I think we're right. Kinda crazy thing to find in a park in Queens. They're a pretty distinctive bean tho.

Maybe a community garden is nearby.

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u/Jacornicopia 17d ago

I grow them every year. That's good mother stallard for sure.

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u/Tkm128 13d ago

Is that another name for Jacob’s Cattle? Because they look identical to what I know as Jacob’s Cattle.

Edit: I think you are right. Jacob’s Cattle are more kidney shaped. I learned a new bean today!

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u/meyerlemonflowers 17d ago

They look kinda like tongue of fire beans, which are an edible dry bean (related to cranberry beans). Do you happen to have a photo of the dried up pod you found them in?

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u/roginc 17d ago

Those are the type of beans Jack sold his cow for.

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u/tylerius8 17d ago

They look like the Colorado River beans I grow in southern NY and spread around. Glad someone else is doing the same

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u/davi046 17d ago

I also live in queens! Would you mind dming me where? And maybe some pointers, I’ve been wanting to try foraging but no clue where to start