Here's a mayocoba bean beside a black bean to show relative size. The diagonal lines on the cutting board are chop scars from a chef's knife.
Still haven't found the legal decision in the patent lawsuit POD-NERS, LLC filed against the farmers who grew these beans for centuries (POD-NERS, LLC claims sole ownership of beans that are yellow).
It doesn't matter, these beans are labeled "mayocoba", not "enola" (Who thought of the crude brand name that juxtaposes something yellow with the first half of Enola Gay?). Friday night is peasant, so I'm pressure cooking the yellow beans with ham hocks, Aleppo pepper, and ham stock.
I own these beans.
Aleppo, you might not know, is an ancient city in Syria, famous for its citadel. Today, this very day, Syria itself became famous because of an accusation by "The Big Weenie" that it was trucking night vision goggles into Iraq. That's taking business away from Wal-Mart! Unpatriotic!
Golly, I just noticed that I didn't capitalize "Citadel" in the previous paragraph. It should have been capitalized because, in this instance, it is a proper noun. As your regular run-of-the-mill noun, "citadel" means 1. A fortress in a commanding position in or near a city. 2. A stronghold or fortified place; a bulwark. (kudos and a big hug to the The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 for providing me with that information free of charge online). Like "mayocoba", it's kinda ancient and nobody uses it much anymore.
My beans are cooked now.
7:02:22 PM 
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