# Black Beans Are Now Officially Whitelisted for Me

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-beans-are-now-officially-whitelisted-for-me/847110 "2020-01-28T15:10:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-beans-are-now-officially-whitelisted-for-me/847110/21 "2020-01-30T02:19:23Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Very good for you! Black beans are my favorite of the beans. I find their taste very smooth and not very “beany”. I’ve always suspected that if their color weren’t black, people wouldn’t perceive their taste as “meaty”.

I don’t perceive them as meaty but I think that, like mushrooms, they have a umami thing going on. It’s not meat-flavor, but meat also has umami and I think for many folks there is a strong association of meat and umami-flavor.

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-beans-are-now-officially-whitelisted-for-me/847110/22 "2020-01-30T21:15:41Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> I don’t perceive them as meaty but I think that, like mushrooms, they have a umami thing going on. It’s not meat-flavor, but meat also has umami and I think for many folks there is a strong association of meat and umami-flavor.

This. I don’t think of them as meaty, but they are very satisfying.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-beans-are-now-officially-whitelisted-for-me/847110/23 "2020-01-31T00:49:15Z")

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I’m curious: what made you try the experiment (with your nurse friend on standby - very smart!) on black beans specifically in the 1st place?

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-beans-are-now-officially-whitelisted-for-me/847110/24 "2020-01-31T07:09:55Z")

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Back before my legume allergies (peas and lentils) kicked in I used to eat them and pinto beans and enjoyed them. When I started having bad reactions of course the doctor I had at the time said “eliminate all legumes!” which I didn’t, because at the time I knew soybeans and chickpeas were still OK. But I did drop the others. But I missed having bean tacos so I wanted to see if I could still eat them. I remembered liking black beans more than pintos so there you go.

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