And while you're at it, be sure to explain how the Cave Bean plants have become "cave adapted" with transparent leaves growing in total darkness, produce a video documentary showing a bean harvest deep within a cave, and post it to YouTube next April 1. ;-)
-----Original Message----- >From: Fritz Holt <[email protected]> >Sent: Apr 29, 2011 12:53 PM >To: 'Justin Shaw' <[email protected]>, CaveTex ><[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Cave Bean > >Justin, > >As to the last sentence of this most interesting story, do it. > >Fritz > >-----Original Message----- >From: Justin Shaw [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:34 PM >To: CaveTex >Subject: [Texascavers] Cave Bean > > There exists a bean with a wonderful flavor not only in it's taste, >but in it's fanciful story as well. I happen to love the taste of this >bean, and seeing as how many of this beans story's involves a cave, >and archaeologist, I figured I'd see if any anyone among us knew >anything substantive about these enigmatic beans. > > A picture of the bean can be seen at: >https://www.sunshinefarm.net/eshop/storeimages/Beans%20anasazi.jpg > > The most common name in use is Anasazi Bean, a name now trademarked >by Adobe Milling Co. It is also known as the Cave Bean, Anasazi Cave >Bean, New Mexico Cave Bean, and other predictable arrangements and >mutations of these names. It is commonly confused with the Jacob's >Cattle Bean, which is actually a New England heirloom dating to the >1700's. > > I first heard the story of this bean as a child, before the daze of >the Internet. It was said that an archeology team discovered clay >vessels containing the beans at an Anasazi ruin. The size of the find >was large enough, and the archaeologist curious enough, that they >planted some. To everyone's surprise the beans germinated, and today >we have the once lost Anasazi Bean. > > Today, many variations of this story can be found on the Internet, >usually with much more detail, and the details often differing from >one version to another. It seems quite standard to say that the beans >and / or jar were dated at 1,500yr old, and to say that the jar was >sealed with pine pitch / tar. > > Various contradicting stories on the Internet implicate multiple >university's and even make claims of word of mouth verification of >these tails. One such story says they were discovered at Mesa Verde, >Colorado and then taken to the Colorado State University Department of >Agronomy. Another story claims the dig was in New Mexico and carried >out by the UCLA. Some say the beans were planted officially, others >say that it was the action of a rouge member of the team. > > The company with a trade mark on the name Anasazi Bean has this >less glamorous story on there web site: > >"Anasazi Beans(r) were one of the few crops cultivated by the Anasazi. >They were found in the ruins by settlers to the four corners area in >the early 1900's. Presently they are grown at 7,000 ft. elevation on >the same land the Anasazi inhabited." > > Some people nay-say the whole idea of the beans ever being lost and >found. Then it is claimed that the bean has been in constant >cultivation in small gardens of isolated Hopi Indian populations >remaining from the time of the Anasazi. They claim various and >contradicting times of discovery for the bean by western >horticulturist, and that it spread in popularity due to it's taste. > > I'm wondering if any of the digroes in our community can shed any >factual light on this mythological bean. > > In the meantime, perhaps I should acquire a trade mark on the name >Cave Bean and start working on my story of how the Anasazi left the >beans as an offering to Oztotl. > >Justin > > > >------------------------------------- >Civilizations Rise and Fall > Mother Earth Spins > Eternally for All > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Visit our website: http://texascavers.com >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Visit our website: http://texascavers.com >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
