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Article: Power pod: soybean has great future as high-quality vegetable protein.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2002
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Byline: William Rice
DECATUR, Ill._Anyone driving toward this city in the center of the state between Champaign and Springfield is likely to see a sign proclaiming Decatur "Soybean Capital of the World."
Reading the sign also may trigger the question: What does a soybean plant look like? The answer is on either side of the road, in fields where 20-inch stalks carry tan, furry pods that are clearly neither corn nor wheat.
Another question is likely to follow. "What does a soybean taste like?"
A voice from deep within the memory bank may pronounce a single, mystical word: edamame (ed-ah-MOM-may).
Edamame, a Japanese word, are ...