Fresh Edamame?
August 24, 2006 7:57 PM Subscribe
Fresh Edamame?? Anywhere?
We love edamame - steamed with a bit of salt, or tossed hot with some red peppers, maybe some garlic... mmm, mmm, mmm snacking heaven.
However, the only edamame we have been able to find (even in Asian markets here in Vancouver) is frozen edamame.
Is it ever sold fresh? What should I look for? And, what is the season for fresh soy beans? I can find string beans, peas no problem, but no fresh soy beans (in the shell or out) in Vancouver or its suburbs.
If you do have access to fresh off-the-farm soy, where do you live?
We love edamame - steamed with a bit of salt, or tossed hot with some red peppers, maybe some garlic... mmm, mmm, mmm snacking heaven.
However, the only edamame we have been able to find (even in Asian markets here in Vancouver) is frozen edamame.
Is it ever sold fresh? What should I look for? And, what is the season for fresh soy beans? I can find string beans, peas no problem, but no fresh soy beans (in the shell or out) in Vancouver or its suburbs.
If you do have access to fresh off-the-farm soy, where do you live?
Sorry, that should be eda=branch and "your." Anyway, here in Japan the fresh ones are sold in plastic bags, but right during their season, you can get them in bundles of branches.
posted by misozaki at 8:12 PM on August 24, 2006
posted by misozaki at 8:12 PM on August 24, 2006
I've found them at Whole Foods and Wegman's grocery stores in Baltimore. You can grow some beans in Vancouver apparently, but I don't know about soy beans. Have you tried a farmer's market?
posted by Airhen at 8:39 PM on August 24, 2006
posted by Airhen at 8:39 PM on August 24, 2006
Second the farmer's market bit. When I was living in Philly, the farmer's markets always had them in fairly hefty pints for a pittance.
posted by Mercaptan at 9:26 PM on August 24, 2006
posted by Mercaptan at 9:26 PM on August 24, 2006
Have you checked out the new Whole Foods Market in Park Royal?
It's amazing. They must have it.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:03 PM on August 24, 2006
It's amazing. They must have it.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:03 PM on August 24, 2006
Near Fargo, ND, there's an incredibly cool guy named Thor that grows it on a small farm and sells it at a Farmer's market. It was the first (and best) edamame I'd ever had/made. AFAIK, it's otherwise unavailable in this area until you hit Minneapolis.
Thor S.
Red Goose Gardens
PO Box 157, Shelly, MN 56581
It's probably far too far away, but that's his contact info, anyway. I have his phone and email if you want it- email address in profile.
posted by fake at 12:30 AM on August 25, 2006
Thor S.
Red Goose Gardens
PO Box 157, Shelly, MN 56581
It's probably far too far away, but that's his contact info, anyway. I have his phone and email if you want it- email address in profile.
posted by fake at 12:30 AM on August 25, 2006
If I understand correctly, edamame is soy beans.
Soy beans in various forms are a big part of Korean food, in the pod, or out, or preserved, dried or as sprouts and so on. You may have luck at Korean markets in Vancouver. Soy beans are 콩 (kong, long 'oh' sound) in Korean, if that helps.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:08 AM on August 25, 2006
Soy beans in various forms are a big part of Korean food, in the pod, or out, or preserved, dried or as sprouts and so on. You may have luck at Korean markets in Vancouver. Soy beans are 콩 (kong, long 'oh' sound) in Korean, if that helps.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:08 AM on August 25, 2006
Did you try Fujiya's? Or T&T Market?
I haven't looked for edamame at either of these places so I don't know for sure but I'd be very surprised if neither of them had it.
posted by kechi at 2:47 AM on August 25, 2006
I haven't looked for edamame at either of these places so I don't know for sure but I'd be very surprised if neither of them had it.
posted by kechi at 2:47 AM on August 25, 2006
(And to answer the other parts of your question: In San Francisco they sell fresh edamame at whole foods.)
posted by kechi at 2:55 AM on August 25, 2006
posted by kechi at 2:55 AM on August 25, 2006
It has been available at the Farmer's Market in Indianapolis recently. I love taking the pods off from the stems myself.
posted by ktrey at 6:03 AM on August 25, 2006
posted by ktrey at 6:03 AM on August 25, 2006
Piggyback question: eh-DAH-mah-meh or eh-dah-MAH-meh? I only ever hear the latter, but it sounds wrong to my ears, reminding me of the way most people over here say 'Hiroshima" as he-ro-SHI-ma.
posted by GeekAnimator at 7:25 AM on August 25, 2006
posted by GeekAnimator at 7:25 AM on August 25, 2006
You might just go to a Japanese restaurant. They will prepare it for you, you can wash it down with a few beers and then perhaps have a bit of Sushi.
posted by caddis at 8:59 AM on August 25, 2006
posted by caddis at 8:59 AM on August 25, 2006
Response by poster: thank you all for your responses !! I went to farmers' markets in Richmond - no dice.
T&T - the big Asian supermarket chain here in BC only have it frozen (but it's $1 a pack instead of $4 or more at Safeway or Overwaitea/Urban Fare)
Fujiya - I didn't try there yet, hmmm I am in the neighborhood later today I'll drop in.
I'll check out Whole Foods - it's not that far from downtown Vancouver.
I live in a highrise condo, so growing my own is a bit of a quandary. But thank you for the resources!
posted by seawallrunner at 9:22 AM on August 25, 2006
T&T - the big Asian supermarket chain here in BC only have it frozen (but it's $1 a pack instead of $4 or more at Safeway or Overwaitea/Urban Fare)
Fujiya - I didn't try there yet, hmmm I am in the neighborhood later today I'll drop in.
I'll check out Whole Foods - it's not that far from downtown Vancouver.
I live in a highrise condo, so growing my own is a bit of a quandary. But thank you for the resources!
posted by seawallrunner at 9:22 AM on August 25, 2006
I'm in Iowa, I'm pretty sure you can't buy edamame fresh in stores here -- all that soy you see growing is for animal feed (or seeds), it's not suitable for humans. I wouldn't recommend heading out to Iowa for the soybeans.
That said, my CSA this week had edamame! My recommendation would be to contact CSA (or local equivalent) farmers in your area to see if they or their sister/fellow farmers grow it. It's probably too late to join a CSA this year (in the northern hemisphere anyway), but you may find somebody who would be willing to sell you some.
posted by redheadeb at 5:23 PM on August 25, 2006
That said, my CSA this week had edamame! My recommendation would be to contact CSA (or local equivalent) farmers in your area to see if they or their sister/fellow farmers grow it. It's probably too late to join a CSA this year (in the northern hemisphere anyway), but you may find somebody who would be willing to sell you some.
posted by redheadeb at 5:23 PM on August 25, 2006
Piggyback question: eh-DAH-mah-meh or eh-dah-MAH-meh? I only ever hear the latter, but it sounds wrong to my ears, reminding me of the way most people over here say 'Hiroshima" as he-ro-SHI-ma.
In Japanese, it's pronounced "eh-DAH-mah-meh." But I've only recently learned that the word appears to have become so common in English, so I've no idea how it's supposed to be pronounced in English. BTW Hiroshima is pronounced "he-RO-shi-ma" in Japanese, too.
posted by misozaki at 7:42 PM on August 25, 2006
In Japanese, it's pronounced "eh-DAH-mah-meh." But I've only recently learned that the word appears to have become so common in English, so I've no idea how it's supposed to be pronounced in English. BTW Hiroshima is pronounced "he-RO-shi-ma" in Japanese, too.
posted by misozaki at 7:42 PM on August 25, 2006
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Not quite answering you question, but I feel for you...
posted by misozaki at 8:02 PM on August 24, 2006