Edamame: fun to say AND fun to eat

[yewberry]

This time of year, I eat lots of the stuff. It's not too heavy, it's good cold, and it packs a good nutritional punch. (Also, fun to eat!)

Do you buy the frozen, pre-cooked edamame that you can just thaw and eat (oh-so-convenient for packing a lunch)? Do you buy the kind that needs to be boiled? And what about shelled vs unshelled?

What say you, v/v/ar folks?

[flamingyouth]

1. Frozen, thaw and eat

I LOVE edamame! Eat it (them?) all the time. :9

Sarah Kramer has a great recipe for edamame "hummus" in one of her books too. Yum.

[yewberry]

3. Oh, fun!

I haven't tried to use it in a recipe yet. That'd be a great excuse to buy the shelled variety and stop castigating myself for paying for all of those wasted pods!

[LeftyMom]

2. That's a waste of perfectly good cattle feed you damn commies!

:P

I love the stuff but I always just get it at restraunts. I should look and see if the store has the frozen kind.

[yewberry]

4. Guilty as charged.

Edamame...commie...hey, that almost rhymes. I wonder if there's some kind of slogan to be had there!

Oh, lots of grocery stores carry it--even the Safeway and Costco have the magic beans!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. I have a bag of it from Trader Joe's right now.

Even the Stop & Shop & Shoprite have it in their supermarket house brand.

[sbj405]

6. yum yum yum

I usually go for frozen in the pod, but a few weeks ago I got fresh ones from the farmer's market.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4978825

[yewberry]

7. Hey, maybe I remembered your thread

and reposted the title without remembering that I remembered! :silly:

I don't think I've ever seen them fresh. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for them!

[sbj405]

8. I just got some at Costco. Already cooked in the refrig section

First time I've seen them there.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. I get it for lunch 2-3 times a week at the Japanese takeout place near my

office. mmmmmmmmmmmmm
They also make fantastic vegetable sushi with brown rice.

[NMMNG]

10. I'd seen the name but never knew what it was before this thread

So I Googled and found out. Then when I was shopping in Bloom on Wednesday morning I saw that they had some so I bought a bag of the unshelled and am eating some right now. It's quite yummy. :9 I think I'll get the shelled next time though, since the shells just get thrown out anyway.

I also got a nice frozen veggie mix with edamame, water chestnuts, baby corn and carrots. I plan to stir-fry it and serve it up when I make my next batch of General Tso's Tofu.

[Goblinmonger]

11. So when should I show up

for some General Tso's Tofu? That fabulous restaurant I went to in seattle had a General Tso's made with a fake chicken. Man it was good. I love the Tso sauce.

[NMMNG]

12. LOL

That would be quite a commute.

The best thing of all is I found some actual General Tso's sauce (before I was using Schezuan sauce). This will be better than ever!