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I recently found out that Screwbean Mesquite is ground into meal and flour and used in baking. As a kid we would chew on Mesquite Beans, but we never messed with these.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How was it? I've been ordering mesquite flour online because we don't have any species of them where I live lol.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I was unable to do anything with the Screwbeans this year because we got a large rain storm early in the season. And with Mesquite you are supposed to harvest before the beans get soaked because of a fungus.

My sister gave me a small bag of Mesquite flour, but it is barely enough to do anything with it. But I always enjoyed chewing the beans as a kid.