Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 11, 2018

Tofu.

So Arlo has never had edamame? I guess he’s not quite as much as a foodie as he sometimes comes off as.

Don’t look at it; eat it — drink it, bathe in it, whatever.

(They raise plenty of them around here in Northwest Florida.)

Soybean grow into tofu. Go to a sushi house and order the endamame

Kidney beans look like kidneys so I’m guessing it looks like a soy. I didn’t look when the doctor removed mine because I had soy stones.

I’m Arlo’s age.I find it hard to believe he has never seen a bean before. Soy is just a type of bean, Arlo. Anyway, what kind of processed foods do you eat? Mine tend to contain cheaper oils, not soybean.

Soybean reading the ingredients again, Arlo?

Not sure what Jimmy is trying to say here. Since Janis isn’t smiling, my take is that the cartoonist is noting how ubiquitous soybeans are in our diet, despite recent (and not so recent) findings that they can have ill effects on health, particularly when consumed in quantity. Google “soybeans hormone imbalance” and see what you come up with.

Soy and soy derived products are deadly for those with hypothyroid conditions. As bad as if not worse than peanuts allergies in other folks.

Soy and soy derived products are deadly for those with hypothyroid conditions. As bad as if not worse than peanuts allergies in other folks.

Soy bean is a major rotation crop.

It’s important because it is a bland and tasteless. It’s very low in Sodium and a good source of dietary Fiber, Protein, Thiamin, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Copper, and a very good source of Vitamin K, Folate and Manganese.

Something that good for you has to be bland and tasteless.

Come to Northern Indiana — look at all the soybeans you want to. And for a change, look at the corn.

Interestingly, there are a variety of non-food uses for soy beans including AstroTurf; candles; crayons; wood stain; hydraulic fluid; ink; spray foam insulation; fire logs, and paint balls. http://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/10-things-made-with-soybeans/2

I certainly know what a soybean looks like. I live out in the country and there’s a field next door. It alternates between soybeans and corn., with this year’s crop being corn.

I grew up on a farm where that was our primary crop. Here’s a link for those not familiar with what they look like: http://cropchatter.com/what-should-my-soybeans-look-like-when-they-are-ready-to-harvest/

And I’ll bet corn is used in even more things.

It looks like a cross between a pea and a black-eyed pea that’s lost it’s black eye.

Go to a Japanese restaurant and order edamame if you want to see one.

In Asimov’s CAVES OF STEEL nearly all food is produced by fungi — like mushrooms, truffles and black fungus — using pine trees for the main fungus food, I believe. In it, they had developed many flavors, textures, types. You might call it early Vegan.

When you start with millions of types, the possibilities are numerous.

It would be an energy efficient method of producing food for large numbers of people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Edible_fungi

I’m not sure where Arlo lives, Jimmy lives in north Alabama. Alabama produced over13 million bushels of soybeans on 410,000 acres in 2016.

I would imagine that a soy bean is a bean made out of soy.

looks like allergies to me, which is unfortunate when you review Arlo’s list :/