{"id":592,"date":"2022-04-29T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverbag\/?p=592"},"modified":"2022-04-29T15:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T15:37:47","slug":"oregon-state-mighty-mushroom-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverbag\/?p=592","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State Mighty Mushroom Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week\u2019s Beaver bag was created by the Anthropology of Food class offered by the Food in Culture and Social Justice Program<\/a> and OSU\u2019s School for Language, Culture and Society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bag includes the staples of rice and beans, common in many food cultures, crema, as well as an assortment of vegetables and spices. It also includes a half-dozen button mushrooms. It has been a very wet April here in Western Oregon and we hope this meal offers a reminder that great things can come from a lot of rain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have planned this Beaver Bag to be nutritious, culturally flexible and adaptive, local, and convenient\u2013 you can even make it in a microwave! Did you know that rice and beans together make a complete protein? While rice is low in lysine yet high in methionine, beans are the opposite, containing plenty of methionine while low in lysine. The human body needs these amino acids, but while the knowledge of amino acids is fairly new, the perfect combination of rice and beans is not. Many different cultures have combined rice and beans as a staple in their cuisine. The pairing is called a \u201ccasamiento\u201d (or perfect marriage) in Central America. Mediterranean cuisine combines garbanzo beans and basmati rice. In Cajun cuisine, rice and beans is traditionally eaten on Mondays because the dish could cook all day while other chores are being done, and it can be seasoned with leftover meat or bones from the Sunday dinner. And anyone who has eaten at a Mexican restaurant knows that many dishes there are served with rice and beans! We\u2019ve included mushrooms as a nod to Oregon\u2019s rain, but you can add so many things to rice and beans for a tasty dish. It can be eaten hot or cold, fresh or as leftovers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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