i opened a bean restaurant (to prove a point)

[@sweetcorm]

So Sabrina is the IT one, Melissa is the food one and Taha is… Taha

[@Respectable_Username]

I agree but in the most (affectionate), /positive way possible ❤

[@late-start-vlogs]

Taha is the sassy one. He's always heckling Melissa and Sabrina. But if he didn't, we wouldn't know that they're friends.

[@shamiso_t]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😭💀

[@PundogThrillionaire]

And that's why we love them.

[@brunohelenobarbosa5176]

Taha is the one

[@georgiahillgrove494]

it’s utterly unhinged to me to serve a bunch of people an entire meal without having tried any of the recipes before

[@BabyCalypso]

yeah when she said that she finally picked the last dish the night before and was buying ingredients day of I was so utterly confused and shooked

[@0.-.0]

​@@BabyCalypso EXACTLY LIKE GIRL ITS 10AM THE DAY OF AND YOU'RE JUST NOW BUYING FOOD???

[@0.-.0]

Not only never tried, but never MADE, and switching which ingredients you use THE DAY OF??

[@blakksheep736]

​@@BabyCalypso shooketh.

[@williamwass2035]

My anxiety would be way to high to do such a stunt. Major props

[@paboland7994]

i live for Melissa doing things out of spite

[@jcnot9712]

she can do me out of spite 😏 Edit: sorry, I didn't type that, my dog did.

[@tabathaarria9558]

as she should.

[@traceycolbert3635]

What makes a good woman... dangerous.

[@Moonmoon-ws6jo]

This is so damn impressive that it’s unhinge. Two people working in a kitchen for so many guest, not trying the food before hand and succeeding

[@AngryTenko]

Being Brazilian, the idea of someone "not liking beans" is absolutely alien. It's like not liking water.

[@AugustoValentini]

I was gonna say the same thing lol

[@tonyhart2744]

can you recommend good brazilian food with bean on it ?

[@Anonymous__S]

Funny enough I do know 2 people who don't like water.

[@outcastedOpal]

Im argentinian. Beans are gross. I litterally was not able to swallow them for the overwhelming majority of my life. I would litterally puke. I am the least picky eater that i know

[@AngryTenko]

@@tonyhart2744 "feijoada" is the most known one. It's a black bean and pork stew served with sides like white rice, collard greens, orange slices, and a crunchy fried cassava flour topper named farofa. Also look into "feijão tropeiro", "tutu de feijão" and "baião de dois", they're all very good.

[@PepperMintMe]

I was so stressed about the fact that she didn't try the recipe before the day of the opening! 😂

[@moonpalace.mp3]

This absolutely could be done by just having a bean potluck for friends without the restaurant steps But this is SO extra and THAT'S WHAT IM HERE FOR

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

If you have the opportunity to make a restaurant, you MAKE A RESTAURANT.

[@nahometesfay1112]

It's not really a restaurant tho... More like a banquet... Did they even charge for food?

[@MateusSFigueiredo]

It makes for a 20 times better video

[@vickisnemeth7474]

Iunno, I think the friends would populate the potluck with the kinds of bean dishes that contribute to stereotypes against beans. A restaurant allows the chef to control the quality of the educational experience.

[@TheFatVeganOne]

@@nahometesfay1112 Are you suggesting they needed to charge for food to make it a restaurant? Because if so that's ridiculous. Also, pop-up restaurants happen all the time, all over the world pulling stunts like this. Another thing to mention, there's restaurants that are open all the time that have set menus. It's inflexible and you get what's on the menu and that's it! There will be accommodations made for allergens on that set menu, but that's it. The reason this is done is because it makes it easier for the location to control expectations and costs.

[@tjnova972]

My favorite thing about these videos is how littler y’all think through your absolutely massive goals. Melissa literally said “I’m gonna make a whole-ass restaurant… I can probably wait until opening day to make a menu.

[@husaynbootwala1729]

Her brother picking out all the beans was the cherry on top 🤣🤣🤣

[@pvic6959]

a _bean_ on top ieven hahaha

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Some people, man.

[@mrudulasrivatsa]

Ive been watching a lot of masterchef recently and Melissa literally put herself theough a masterchef challenge for the love of b e a n

[@sinom]

Japanese sweet red bean paste is an amazing ingredient for all kinds of desserts

[@lexman7179]

When I lived there I used to order these deep fried bean things. They were amazing.

[@shadowknightskye2783]

MOCHI FILLED WITH SWEET RED BEAN IS LIFE

[@li_tsz_fung]

I think people from the English speaking countries only thinks about green beans and those canned bake beans when talking about beans. I once drink Red bean matcha bubble tea and told them it's red bean paste. Those who never tried red bean thought it's weird. But the one who tried red bean paste know it's nonsense to compare it to their bean based food. It's just sweet and that's all.

[@wolfferoni]

Yeah, sweetened beans in general are really common in all kinds of Asian desserts. The classic for red bean is as a filling in a sweet bun.

[@appa609]

*Chinese

[@faithlauber4469]

this video makes me feel so seen, in middle school i was at a summer camp where they gave us barely any protein, so i filled my Camp Approved Water Cup(tm) with baked beans every lunch TO THE BRIM and carried it with me through the camp for an hour or two slowly eating every bean. the councilors were so amused by this little 12 year old girl getting her daily cup of beans!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

I'm imagining you eating one bean at a time at one minute intervals and I don't know if I'd find that adorable or frightening.

[@EmmisonMike]

as someone that's just learned navy beans and rice is something i can bang out for a weekday lunch and not get sick of, I'm in full support of this. There's a revolution coming

[@cheddarurchin3844]

navy beans are so good one of my favs too

[@olucassampaio]

Brazilians literally eat beans and rice every single day. Literally. Maybe twice a day even

[@JordaoLVR]

In Brazil, when we want to eat something for lunch or dinner, we make rice and beans, and then we decide what we want to eat. In some parts of Brazil, you call anything that is not rice and beans "Mixture", because you WILL eat rice, beans, and then something else, the mixture

[@grammarnazi12]

My favorite iteration of the classic "beans and rice" is the Japanese one of natto beans (fermented soy beans) and rice. It tastes wayyyy better than it sounds.

[@snowgriffins]

@@JordaoLVR when you are preparing the rice and beans is there any special way of making it ?

[@diegorr8378]

Every one of these videos feel simulltanously like a small documentary and like an episode of a sitcom

[@matheusfsm]

As a Brazilian myself, I find it strange that people don't eat beans for lunch every day because here, you don't consider it a complete lunch if you don't have rice and beans.

[@Daniel-vo1vf]

Sim, exatamente kkkkk

[@clarakf]

imagina comer bife e batata e NÃO completar com um arrozinho com feijão

[@AugustoValentini]

Eu pensei a mesma coisa, mas a maioria disse que só come feijão enlatado. Acho que se aqui só tivesse isso ninguém comeria também kkkk

[@jamueI]

Eles só tem feijão enlatado 🤮

[@durdleduc8520]

i don't like most beans and tbh you're not the first person to tell me that. but my dislike is more specific than that; it's starchy vegetables that i don't like. that includes most beans (though green beans are fine), but also things like snow peas, potatoes, and cooked carrots. although interestingly rice is an exception. so for me, the Brazilian "how do you NOT like beans?" is instead the American "how do you NOT like potato chips?"

[@HaarmannE]

as a member of the service industry, thank you for your service for showing people how much work goes into running a restaurant. and as an earthling, thanks for spreading the cool beans about the beans!!!

[@stefaniacampos4992]

As a Mexican, it's such a stereotype but beans are like a staple in our kitchen. We always buy them when we go grocery shopping. It's like a side or main dish for us, it's so essential that the idea of not having beans and just eating something else is like noo what else will I be able to eat? Also, they are cheap, for most Mexican families it's essential because it is something they can afford so it's very very important for our lives. Also, I was expecting her to cook the beans not buy the can ones from the store, I'm sure the food would have tasted better. The ones from the can are not that great. Loved the idea of the brownie though!

[@KajiRider1997]

I am dutch sicilian. I am pretty sure beans are more part of my diet than yours lol. I just made a greenbean pancake with topings for dinner.

[@rodrigodasilvamauro4426]

As a brazilian, we eat rice and beans in pratically every lunch and dinner, and for me os really surprising how other cultures eat so little of it. And I couldn't agree more about her cooking the beans instead of buying, this would taste really better

[@garethbaus5471]

Not Hispanic, but it has been a very long time since I have been a day without eating some sort of legume, probably at least a couple of years if you don't include days where I didn't eat anything. Granted I sometimes eat lentils instead of beans, so it isn't literally always beans.

[@philiplathrop9250]

As a Mexican-American, black beans are a part of my childhood

[@GiantPetRat]

The beans that you boil yourself often do taste better, but they require more preparation- overnight soaking, different boiling times, that sort of thing. They were clearly pressed for time as it was. I lasted a grand total of three days washing dishes in a restaurant once, and boy do you learn quickly how impossibly complicated it is to cook for a large number of people. I suspect that a lot of restaurants go under simply because the managers weren't able to predict every single thing that they might need or that could go wrong.

[@monkiy1300]

I really want to be understanding of the fact that not everyone has kitchen experience on an industry scale (even a small scale like this), but.... holy crap, the lack of planning and time allotment was blowing my stress levels through the roof. You were buying ingredients at the time you should have been prepping. That said, your plating was solid, with a clean aesthetic. Well done there.

[@Cheskaz]

I'm only a bartender and it stressed me out...Last bar I worked at had a prep shift that started 7 hours before doors opened.

[@nicolescats2]

It helps that it was technically a private event, not a restaurant, so the stakes were a bit lower. Also avoids the hassle of applying for permits. Not to diminish what she accomplished, she did an amazing job.

[@Kirb]

There ia propably more preparatipn going on behind scenes, but that doesnt make a exiting youtube video

[@dennyc9159]

From what I saw, they are spoiled children. That apartment where they did their cooking in the current market would go for more than 2500 a month (probably closer to 3k). They shopped at one of the more expensive grocery stores in the city. The average 20+ kid in toronto would not be able to pull off such an event.

[@GalaxySheep]

@@dennyc9159 I mean they never said they were financially challenged

[@jamesphillips2285]

I wonder if a vanilla soy latte will be included: AKA 3 bean soup. Edit: Nope but the 4 been brownies sound promising.

[@puellanivis]

The fun part of colloquial language vs. biology: in a vanilla soy latte, only the soy bean is a real bean. Vanilla beans, coffee beans, and cocoa beans are all not true beans, we just call them that. 🤷‍♀ Though, peanuts are. 🙃

[@Purplesquigglystripe]

@@puellanivis mmmmm…. Beanut butter

[@skywatcher458]

​@@puellanivisaren't peanuts legume?

[@KonstantinZilberburg]

@@skywatcher458 legumes are beans

[@puellanivis]

@@skywatcher458 yes, but it turns out “legume ” and “bean” biologically are the same thing, while culinarily, we don’t recognize a peanut or a pea as a bean, even though they apparently are. 🤷‍♀

[@alexanderboulton2123]

Beans, beans, the magical fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot. The more you toot, the better you feel. So let's open a restaurant that exclusively serves beans!

[@HeatherLandon227]

Hummus! Lentils.. etc.. Baked Beans. They're missing out, but that's more for us bean-lovers.

[@tobiascornille]

Are lentils beans?

[@adoringfan6995]

Lentils are not beans

[@ThatOneVoiceInMyHead]

I feel like the videos on this channel are so freaking random, I love it. I especially feel Melissa is the most random of them all. I mean, how do you come up with these ideas for videos? Do you just use a random word generator and sometimes it says "beans" and so "I guess we're making a video on beans!"? Keep up the awesome work you three.

[@smileyface81mc77]

Hi! So, a lot of Answer In Progress is about answering questions about how the world around them works. I remember Taha (the guy in the very beginning of the video in case you didn’t know) making a video during the pandemic about supply routes and how shipping works just so he could find out where tf the couch he ordered online went. They just kinda do this stuff.

[@Pablo.Rodriguez]

As an ESL (English as Second Language) person, I always thought it was wild that in english all of these are called "beans" like in spanish they have very different names, you have "Frijol, garbanzo, soja, caraota, habichuelas" my mom cooks all of them very differently and I think the different names help the perception you have of them, I never thought of all of them as just "BEAN". Great Video Melissa :)

[@Albinojackrussel]

They all have names in English too, but collectively they're beans. Garbonzo - Chickpeas (we actually don't call them beans for whatever reason) Soja - Soy or Soya beans Other common beans are: String beans, (they have stringy bits) Green beans, Kidney beans, Runner beans, Black eyed peas (yes they're called peas, but they're clearly beans), Canelinni beans Broad beans (also called fava) Haricot beans (pronounced as a french word) Black beans Red beans Pinto beans Mung beans You may have noticed that these all have very imaginative names, that's because we, the English, are a very imaginative people. I couldn't work out what carota and frijoles are in English. I think that carota might be black beans, and the frijoles is either kidney beans, or the dish refried beans. But not certain. Habichuela I can't even guess at, every single translation I found used different beans as an example, from runner, to broad, to kidney, to string to french, to red beans.

[@Pablo.Rodriguez]

@@Albinojackrussel Caraota are black beans, frijol is the literal translation for "beans" for us that's kidney beans mainly, habichuela apparently are runner beans

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

My mother tongue is Thai, and it goes the other way round. We put all sorts of legumes and pulses under the same category of _thua_ (ถั่ว)​, so we don't really have separated words for beans and peas. Red beans = _thua daeng_ (ถั่วแดง) Black beans = _thua dam_ (ถั่วดำ) Mung beans = _thua khiao_ (ถั่วเขียว) Soy beans = _thua lueang_ (ถั่วเหลือง) Broad beans = _thua pak a_ (ถั่วปากอ้า) Peanuts = _thua lisong_ (ถั่วลิสง) Peas = _thua lantao_ (ถั่วลันเตา) Chickpeas = _thua hua chang_ (ถั่วหัวช้าง)​

[@ClementinesmWTF]

I think you just have a linguistic misunderstanding of what “bean” means in a culinary sense in English and how it’s used. “Bean” etymologically comes from a meaning of “small, edible, and seed-like”, so anything resembling that will have the name attached. That doesn’t mean that they’re all equal tho. “Bean” alone will not include green beans, probably won’t usually include garbanzo beans (aka “chickpeas” in American English which resemble the peas of a green bean). “Bean” is abstract and exact, conventional translations to Spanish are not easy. English just has different groupings than Spanish, but if you do want to get down to the nitty gritty specifics of them all, we do also have those even if they’re less common to use when people don’t care as much about the differences.

[@Adamcito.]

Brownie de caraotas suena más raro que Beans brownie xdddd

[@stephRivera-tq4zp]

I don't usually leave comments on anything but I wanted to thank you for making this video. Beans are incredibly underrated and as someone who loves creative cooking, it always breaks my heart to see them be taken for granted and consumed only in their canned form. Seeing you fight to prove otherwise truly made my day ❤

[@imposter895]

Praise the bean

[@advaitanair9127]

Praise the bean

[@EnesSahin1725]

@@advaitanair9127 cringe

[@zyaicob]

\T/

[@bathtubinvader]

@@EnesSahin1725 Praise the bean

[@AGoodBean]

Thank you 😉

[@TheGreatestJuJu]

I love the idea of a bean only restaurant. Cheap, low food waste because long shelf life & multi day holdover, pre prepared means fast service, huge variety. I make mouth watering bean dishes at home, spicy Borracho beans, navy beans with smoked ham hock, green beans with chicken bone broth and bacon and caramelized onion, Black Eyed Peas with sausage and kale, smoked red beans and dirty rice, garbanzo beans in a curry sauce and that’s just the start. I’ve wanted to do a food cart with this idea for a long time. There are so many delicious bean dishes. Why did she feel the need to hide the bean?

[@VinnieGer]

I knew subscribing to this channel wasn’t a mistake!!! Where else could I watch something like this?!

[@vanadios4480]

on this channel

[@adrianfridge]

The thing about beans, for me, is that my stomach reacts differently to each kind. Like, cannot digest pinto beans. Love black beans. Kidney beans are on thin ice. Chickpeas are life. Etc. But it's really amazing how much variety there is out there and how amazing most of it is.

[@CatherineLu]

There are so many red bean and mung bean desserts/sweet dishes in Chinese culture, in various shapes and textures, so I grew up thinking of "beans" in terms of sweet congee and snacks and was very confused when the rest of America doesn't have the same view 🤣

[@garethbaus5471]

Ever tried baked beans? It isn't quite what you are talking about, but they involve a lot of sugar and are basically viscous liquid candy. I suspect that most cultures have at least 1 sweet dish that uses beans since they are an extremely basic food.

[@jiffyviv5341]

I actually love that you did this because beans have always been one of my favorite foods (like as long as i've been old enough to have a favorite food it's always been beans), and someone recently asked me "if you could start any business what would you do?" I was sort of caught off gaurd by the question and without really thinking about it I blurted out "a bean restaraunt." I got some very strange reactions but i still think it would be good.

[@JBoulter11]

Substitute apple sauce for eggs in brownies to keep the fudge-y texture without the eggs, it's suuuuper good! Also works well in pancakes and waffles, but they'll be slightly less fluffy.

[@maxccash]

Or aquafaba to keep up with the bean theme

[@Rykario]

I've always used flax. It binds well for most situations where you would use egg, it also adds a subtle nutty note

[@Chickaqee]

then add carbonated water to keep the flufiness

[@wirelesmike73]

I was thinking the same.👍And, I bet it would've helped mask the bean taste even more. I actually really wanna try making some of those brownies, now.

[@AdaminaCarden]

@@maxccash I thought this too... like you're already using canned black beans, just throw in the aquafaba haha

[@FutureProofTV]

Well... count us as team bean over here. This was such an impressive and hilarious watch as always!

[@jerryboba_]

I love all of Melissa's (slightly unhinged) food-related videos 😂

[@jessical4866]

Absolutely blown away by the commitment to open a popup restaurant in order to prove a point. I get stressed just helping unpack catered food and you pulled together a whole menu by YOURSELF? You're crazy, but your point has been well and truly made.

[@bruno3]

I love beans. I could watch people talk about beans for hours. Please make a video about sweet potatoes next time.

[@Itsfalcon9]

She should just do every produce

[@fox-n-done]

YES PLEASE

[@LucasRodmo]

THIS YES

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

In Thailand and probably E&SE Asia in general, there is a type of bean that is similar to green beans in the West, but way longer (~50 cm), the asparagus beans. They are called _thua fak yao_ or long-pod legumes in Thai, and they are usually featured in stir fry dishes. Meanwhile, mung beans can be boiled with sugar as a dessert. However, the dish has got the bad rep from some people because of their bad experience with school lunches.

[@puptart2041]

I have celiac, and my mother-in-law uses it as an excuse to try weird gluten-free recipes. She made some black bean brownies recently, and I was so surprised by how good they were! If I didn't know there were beans in them, I would have thought it was just a "healthy" brownie. The texture was weird, but with gluten-free baked goods, I try not to have high expectations.

[@isabellaisnofella]

I have celiac too, and girl you need to raise your expectations for baked goods. There are so so many gf baked goods that are SUPER good. Packaged stuff or from bakeries that don't specialize in gf stuff is usually not great, but there are tons of great recipes for homemade. Finding the right flour mix is the key (or using recipes that explicitly state their combination or use or that only use one). People can't ever tell that what I make is gluten free.

[@nuhaomar9542]

Any flour mix you recommend?

[@isabellaisnofella]

@@nuhaomar9542 I use a mix of equal parts corn startch, brown rice, almond, sorghum, and tapioca flour and have been very happy with it. But of course there are people who swear by premade mixes like Bob's Red Mill or King Arthur Flour.

[@nuhaomar9542]

@@isabellaisnofella king arthu flour gf mixes are pretty good

[@garethbaus5471]

Nobody in my family has issues with wheat, but my mother recently tried a surprisingly good lentil pancake recipe.

[@walkinmn]

I wonder if Melissa knew about all the recipes there are for soups with beans, from the top of my mind, here are 4 I love that are made in Mexico a lot: Faba bean soup, Lentil soup, Frijoles rancheros (something like racher or country beans) and crema conde (something like count cream). I don't blame her if she just skipped the soup for her bean meal, it was already a lot to make in a few hours.

[@agme8045]

Lentils aren’t beans tho. Son legumbres.

[@ElliotPage]

As a human bean I endorse this

[@theyxaj]

+++++ same

[@daniellemhall1358]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 yes exactly

[@allisond.46]

Are you THE Elliot Page? Like, the short actor?

[@HalloweenJoni99]

​@@allisond.46no

[@alainadacosta1222]

Idk how I'm only just finding this channel. This video was so fun and well-done. I'd be so stressed but she did a great job

[@rikep3197]

If I ever wanted to induce stress in someone I'd show them this video. Incredible what you cooked up in so little time!

[@stephanieroland1235]

I love beans and how versitile they can be in dishes from around the world. when I met my husband, he hated beans. His family would grab bush's baked beans and just heat it up. he absolutely hated it. I slowly eased him into bean dishes. While he won't order them in resturants, he goes back for seconds at home. WE NEED MORE BEEEEAAAAANS.

[@ThePiggiestOne]

I've imagined a bean-centric restaurant before (even tweeted about it) but you took it to levels I couldn't even conceive. The beans lovers appreciate this level of advocacy. Thank you! Good job, guys. Great video.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Now all I want is to see a bean restaurant make it big in real life. Someday.

[@MarineBiology-lb7zb]

There is a restaurant called “ breaking bean” inspired by breaking bad!

[@dan.c.s.]

I love this channel. I just discovered, binge-watched a bunch of videos and really enjoyed most of them. Good work guys, really inspiring.

[@ikeasupremacy]

WOOOOO AN ANSWER IN PROGRESS VIDEO

[@jsmxwll]

I grew up with beans like 5+ nights a week. The idea of not liking beans didn't even occur to me.

[@danielduvana]

Beans are so underrated! Cheap, nutritious, lots of variations!

[@SerifSansSerif]

Dude.. Beans are the shit. I'm not a fan of sweet bean dishes, but almost every culture has a signature "beans, meat (usually pork) and rice" dish. And when not eating those, I love just beans with spices, Garbanzos witha little oil and tzatziki spice mix, or black beans with some thyme and chipotle... Beans are life.

[@contrl31]

Bean lover reporting in, I think you could do an even more restrictive sequel by only using soybean products for the entire course (soy milk, natto, tofu, tempeh, miso, soy sauce, ...) I think just canned beans are delicious on their own, so I imagine your dishes were incredible.

[@jdotmi]

I mean, it'd completely kill several of my friends but it could be done!

[@smeggers]

Also habichuela con dulce!

[@yugipup]

@@jdotmi sacrifices has to be made

[@ClementinesmWTF]

This video reminds me of an old American-English proverb: Beans, beans; The magical fruit; The more you eat; The more you toot. The more you toot; The better you feel; So let’s eat beans; For EVERY MEAL!

[@debcarroll8192]

YES! I'm from New Orleans, so I grew up eating red beans and rice every single Monday, and I will never get tired of it. I recommend Camellia brand red beans (not from a can.) You have to soak them overnight first, but it is worth it.

[@theyxaj]

Red beans and rice is the shiiizzz. I love it

[@davidshi451]

Louis Armstrong loved red beans and rice so much, that he would often sign letters “Red Beans and Ricely Yours”

[@khianjoshabesamis9608]

This is the most extra way to make a video about beans and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT AIP deserves way more attention. They admittingly bite more than they can chew but proves the world they can do it in style.

[@AugustoValentini]

Coming from Brazil, it sounds weird to me when people say they don't like beans. But from what they said on the video, they only eat canned beans so it makes sense. Beans are so diverse and versatile, you can make almost anything with some kind of bean, only eating them in canned form is doing this beautiful plant dirty.

[@ya64]

I'm not a bean person but I gotta say some of the dishes looked appetising. Very brave of Melissa to take on this challenge, congrats! Also, just wanted to mention that the video thumbnail for this video is fire and made me want to click on it right away!

[@sorrynotsorry8224]

Melissa needs to make friends with Rhett Mclaughlin (from Rhett and Link). That guy loves his beans.

[@Toastmaster_5000]

I was thinking the same thing

[@seileach67]

Same here

[@AlthenaLuna]

Seeing those Heinz beans just made me think of Hank Green and the way they've featured in his portions of the past couple P4As.

[@3countylaugh]

The bean pickle really was sumthin eh? DFTBA

[@JohnnieHougaardNielsen]

Yeah, I quite like when beans are included in various dishes, without the assumption that meat is "needed". I've used chick peas more than a few times, very versatile.

[@curtismmichaels]

This is a brilliant video! I have always lived in "Cattle Country" and eating beef is almost as big a part of my life as breathing. Climate change has me expecting that to change. When I cook dry beans, I always dish up a bowl with no seasoning (not even salt) to eat so that I can enjoy and get familiar with the bean in the moment, before I decide what to do with it. Your video took me places I never expected, and has opened my eyes. Now I can start playing with green beans, which have been my nemesis for decades!

[@johnfarley7074]

That’s a good idea to approach cooking without any preconceptions before trying other recipes.

[@YOEL_44]

Beans are like the underrated cousing of the potato, so versatile, yet so ignored...

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

BEANS! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!

[@SAINTxSZN]

ignored? ok

[@Bunnito-q2w]

And butter beans (Lima beans) have a potato-like starchy texture! Yet they’re much more nutritious.

[@LightsHikesAndWanderlove]

You know, as a plant based eater, I was absolutely on board with everything about this, just nodding and saying I love beans, but then you said green beans will be the appetizer! There are so many varieties in beans that I forgot that green beans are one of my last favorite foods. 😅 This would totally work if someone opened a vegan restaurant based on beans. I think that'd be a great idea!

[@maxsalmon4980]

I think a certain witch said it best. "I'm telling you the same I tell kings and queens! Don't ever ever EVER mess around with my greens! ESPECIALLY the beans!"

[@FelipeFrotaBass]

loved this one! Really cool to see you managed to make this different kinds of dishes! I live in Brazil and we eat a lot of different kinds of beans regularly, you should try searching for some brazilian recipies if you would like to try it at home! (Also my favorite beans are the ones we call Carioquinha - Pinto Beans in english I guess)

[@rachaelvtstudio2579]

I really love these episodes on food. As someone who used to work in culinary and still loves learning about food, these are so much fun!

[@oasntet]

Eggless brownies are sooo easy. You don't even need some commercial vegan egg replacer, just get some flax meal or chia seeds.

[@aleki_x]

I love all that crazy videos about random things but Melissa's videos when we discover new things but also make things we can do at home (like... eat beans) ARE AMAZING. Great jooob guys!

[@karan-nq1dl]

This is great! One of my favourite bean desserts is a Vietnamese one called Chè Ba Màu (3 colour bean dessert). I highly recommend you try it 😄

[@nissaballeza4806]

Definitely going to look this up. Thank you :)

[@samgonzalez8662]

I didn’t think I’d be a bean convert after this, but beans have gone from something I’ve mostly tolerated to something I want to use in dishes now. That’s some black bean magic and sorcery

[@Srynan]

You girls are crazy this made me tear up with joy just seeing you all enjoy this experiment so much :D

[@nashessencent5148]

i absolutely love this you remind me of a future safiya like i feel like you might have her kind of influence someday super excited to see how far u go

[@zyaicob]

1:04 beanlievers

[@lovell8983]

"We were this close to success"

[@marissawatson8292]

5:11 Unironically my favorite element is tungsten so I love that it was your first thought for a color

[@swaroopajit]

im curious why didn't you try steamed red bean buns for dessert Edit: on second thought, I do understand it, there is a lot of prep involved

[@windowsxp8561]

Beans turn you into a fart machine. There should be a game show where we force feed contestants nothing but beans for a week and then force them into an elevator for 24 hours. The last remaining person wins $25,000.

[@bareakon]

I became a bean convert when I learned how to make Brazilian Feijoada from one of those recipe box services

[@rebbyberard8150]

as someone with both a ton of food allergies and a sibling who works as a professional baker, the resigned "I'll make two batches" is such a familiar sound to me

[@oliviaz8441]

Side note: Braiding Sweetgrass is an amazing read, def recommend it & happy to see it pop up in the vid 📖👌

[@LeafyK]

Agreed. I adore it. Except it's kinda pathological because I tore through it in 2020 but couldn't bring myself to finish it. I have like 15 pages left and I don't want it to end.

[@johnrehwinkel7241]

Yeah, that caught my eye too!

[@PogieJoe]

Bless y'all for spreading the word of BEAN I bet moments like this are so lovely to have recorded for you to look back at years later!

[@TeagueChrystie]

This looks so fun. Stressful, obviously, but went off so charmingly.

[@sierranicholes6712]

lol as soon as i saw "are beans important in your life" question i was like "yes" i feel that so much

[@hiroki_ravioli]

This is so fun because today I just ate beans in a vegan version of a typical dish from south of france called "cassoulet" ! Made it yesterday for today and it tasted so great ! I still want to make some changes in the recipe to make them perfect, but for a quick version that teasted amazing it was good ! Really good video, hail the beans !!

[@mac8697]

This is the best food video ever. I love beans. Beans are love, beans are life.

[@reykoranteng9089]

Melissa, could we please get your bean recipes from this video? I'd love to try them myself :D

[@kittyzilla3]

I would love that!

[@kittyzilla3]

I found the bean-Bolognese recipe in the description 😊

[@MartaRzehorz]

I am like from eastern europe and I feel like the premise that there is many ppl who do not like or do not care about beans surprises me as well - beans are such a good thing, literally human food, all legumes are my frens

[@belaya.vorona]

Really cool video! Would love to try the recipes you used if they're available online. My family grows different kinds of beans in our little vegetable garden, and I enjoy cooking them from time to time. I like how versatile beans are and also appreciate how easy they are to store in the winter.

[@jmcosmos]

Melissa, *I* support you and all the beans! As a Texan and a neighbor to every _frijolero_ who ever was, I'm willing to back you cooking any bean there is. Last week, I counted up and found I have no fewer than *SIX* varieties of heirloom beans waiting for me to explore their variety.

[@otternotterTV]

this has bean a delightful surprise :)

[@Crysco.mp3]

New Orleans has entered the chat.... I have Red Beans and rice every Monday. Even when i was broke, I ate beans Monday -Sunday. So much so, my chef and I are having a "red bean cook-off" soon. He doesn't believe i whip could still whip these pots.

[@kaleklol]

As a vegan, for whom beans are a staple food group, I am grateful that this video exists. Beans are wildly more versatile and delicious and healthy than (non-vegan/vegetarian) people in my life tend to give them credit for.

[@Art_and_Ice]

I love how melissa handles all the food related questions

[@idkdragons2371]

I love pinto beans (because Im latino) with minimal interaction with the other variety of beans.

[@Parassaurolofus]

In Brasil, we call those "carioca beans", and i love then

[@idkdragons2371]

@@Parassaurolofus i love being reminded that other languages other than Spanish and English exist and idk why but thank you

[@theyxaj]

I love pinto beans because as a kid, I would steal like 5 (literally 5 pinto beans) from the grocery store and grow them in my backyard.

[@icekweebec512]

if you guys like pinto, who am I to judge

[@lucaspires4033]

I'm Brazilian and I love beans with rice

[@justAmood8]

I cant believe she did a whole bean themed restaurant and missed the opportunity to do mame daifuku for desert or like a little "thank you for coming" to-go gift thing

[@qt31415]

there is joy in watching melissa panicking or in pain or both at the same time 😂😂

[@00000a0009]

"Beans are not only canned" and then buys only canned beans...😅 Anyway you forgot a lot of interesting beans: broad beans (good fresh and raw with pecorino cheese), chickpeas (speaking of cultural importance of beans all the middle East loves them in hummus, falafel and other dishes), peas, lentils. And most importantly beans can be sweet, perfect for a dessert like azuki beans, really interesting and traditional in many cultures. Waiting for the second episode on beans 😉

[@welcometomollysworld]

this is exactly the kind of content i expect from this channel, thank you

[@fostena]

If I were a customer I would have been a bit angry that I didn't get a third dish after pasta (before the dessert). But considering all the stress that went into the preparation, the dinner was nothing short of a miracle

[@AreilKnight]

It depends on your cultural background, 3 dishes is standard in daily US dining.

[@fostena]

@@AreilKnight uh, I didn't know that.

[@jessewong1355]

this is such a wonderful video and i really love that you indroduced all these people beans in such a receptable manner. Amazing!

[@jetpackdino5703]

My friend is gluten intolerant. She was whining that she feels like crap cause she wasnt getting enough vitmains. Long story short, I had to explain to her the benefits of beans and potatoes. Dude was just eating bread and taking the pain. 😂

[@InventorZahran]

The word 'dude' has officially lost any gender-specific meaning at this point...

[@hufflepuffwannabe]

this video made me so incredibly happy!!!!! I love seeing people do big projects with friendly friends :D and there were so many parts that made me laugh so much that I replayed it over and over again :D

[@Nao_Craft]

This is exactly the type of video I expect from Answers in Progress and y’all did NOT disappoint! If you wanted to expand on the positive impacts of beans, you could totally explore it from the four dimensions of sustainable development: good for environment, cheap, culturally important, and the positive social and health impacts of eating good food with other people. Great video!