Husband/ wife disagreement- can you settle it?!
Answers: What is a lentil? I say it is a pea, he says it is a bean. Wikipedia says it is a pulse. That doesn't help much but maybe we learned something.
Both of you are wrong as it is neither a bean nor a pea.But it belongs in the legume family which includes both peas and beans.
so go kiss and make up (out) or do whatever it is that you guys do ( wife and I get skunk drunk) after settling and argument. this case is closed!!
a lentil is a pulse
get a divorce.
...just kidding! look it up in the dictionary.
the lentil is a legume (a pulse is a member of the legume family). so technically you are both right as peas and beans are legumes.
They're kissing cousins. Its a legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) and legumes include beans and peas according to Wikipedia.
Lentils are a legume that fall into the pulse subgrouping. It is often identified as a bean because currently bean and pulse are almost synonymous.
Peas, while part of the legume family, are a much more narrowly defined subgroup...
So a pea and lentil can both be considered beans, but a lentil is not a pea.
Sort of like a tiger and a Persian cat are both part of the feline family, but a tiger can't be a Persian.
They are legumes. You may have to consider this one a draw. Both peas and beans are members of the legume family.
wikipedia is right its a legume (pulse).
I think it is a lentil is a legume:- sorry, i am not trying to confusion you more.
whatever is it, it is good for you!
less dead animals, more lentils! - thats my mantra lol!
They are considered pulses, which includes peas and beans.
The lentil or daal or pulse (Lens culinaris) is a brushy annual plant of the legume family, grown for its lens-shaped seeds.
This is what my culinary encyclopedia says, " Lentil, a small annual leguminous plant with small , round, dry, flat seeds that are borne in pairs in a flat pod". Then it goes on for 3 more paragraphs. It never calls them a pea or bean. They are legumes which includes both peas and beans. You are both right.
You're both wrong! LOL
It's not a pea or a bean. It belongs in the same family though (pulses a.k.a. legumes). Also in the same family (Fabaceae or Leguminosae or Papilionaceae - botanists keep changing the scientific name of the family, just to confuse everyone) are peanuts, lupins, alfalfa (lucerne), carob, tamarind, chickpeas, broadbeans, soya, vetches, clover, acacia, broom, etc.
Lentils cook up fast like peas, add protein like beans... they are normally classified with legumes.
I have never really worried about this... they are a fair source of protein, they cook up fast and taste good, and they make really righteous sprouts that will stay good in the refrigerator for several weeks, and add good peppery taste to salads or anything else you put them on.