On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:43:41 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:26:29 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 9:14:03 AM UTC-10, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 12:56:26 PM UTC-5, KenK wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > I do the same thing. I use 2 and 1/2 C of northern beans for a crockpot
> >> > bean soup/stew but I'm getting tired of so many daily bean meals. Next time
> >> > will try 2 C.
> >> >
> >> It's weird. I love pinto beans, black beans and red kidney beans, and could
> >> happily eat them every day, but I have a strong aversion to Great Northern
> >> beans. I can't even be in the same house where they're cooking.
> >>
> >> --Bryan
> >
> >Oddly enough, the Japanese see beans as mostly a dessert and sweets food. Why is that? I donno. It's like a whole alternate universe. They make two main types of sweet bean paste - red and white but some unusual ones are also made.
>
> I once had really nice savoury breakfast bean cookies at a Tokyo
> airport hotel. Only if you chose the Japanese breakfast. I wish I knew
> their name.

It was probably manju.

https://www.japan-experience.com/to-...eady/the-manju