100g of pork beans yellow soybeans

The bean beans are crushed and dried. It has long been eaten as a valuable nutritional source during the winter, with preserved foods in handed on the Sea of ??Japan, such as Fukui and Niigata Prefecture, such as Yamagata Prefecture. Since it is crushed, it does not need to be absorbed quickly and water overnight like dried beans. In addition, the heating time is short because it is crushed, which overturns the stereotype that "beans = take time". It can be used for various dishes, such as boiling with other ingredients and adding boiled items for about 10 minutes to salads. It is said that it is used locally for vinegar, such as adding to boiled miso soup and stewed foods, and cooked rice. It is said that it is sold in Kyushu under the name "push soybean" at a roadside station.