Crop: Bean (Phaseolus spp.)

Breeder: Carol Deppe Fertile Valley Seeds

OSSI Pledge Date: 8/3/2016

Release Date: January 2017

Bred for Organic Systems: Yes

Availability: Yes

Description

“Very beefy flavor—tastes more like beef than beef does. Genetically ¾ Gaucho and ¼ Beefy Resilient Grex. Sister to Beefy Resilient Grex and other Beef-Bush lines. Selected for determinate bush form and black color. A little later than Gaucho, but still pretty early. I suspect this bean actually contains a protein that in cooking breaks down to give Beefy Flavored Peptide or something analogous. (Beefy Flavored Peptide is the peptide responsible for the distinctive beefy flavor of aged browned beef.) There are still some short- vined types and some yellows in the variety. (Less than 5% each.) I soak for 24 hours because some of the seeds have thicker skins and imbibe slower. Bred by Carol Deppe/Fertile Valley Seeds.”
Source: https://www.caroldeppe.com/

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