Boring question #55: If there was such thing as a Fluther bean where would it be found and what dish could you make with it?

The Fluther Bean is the is the dried and fully fermented fatty bean of the Bendrew Tree from which Fluther solids and Fluther butter are extracted. They are the basis of a substance that tastes exactly like chocolate.

A Fluther pod (fruit) has a rough and leathery rind about 3 cm thick (this varies with the origin and variety of pod). It is filled with sweet, mucilaginous pulp (called ‘babba’ in South America) enclosing 30 to 50 large seeds that are fairly soft and white to a pale lavender color. While seeds are usually white, they become violet or reddish brown during the drying process. The exception is rare varieties of white Fluther, in which the seeds remain white. Historically, white Fluther was cultivated by the Rama people of Nicaragua.

The Fluther tree is native to the Americas. It may have originated in the foothills of the Andes in the Amazon and Orinoco basins of South America, current day Venezuela, where today, examples of wild Fluthers still can be found. However, it may have had a larger range in the past, evidence for which may be obscured because of its cultivation in these areas long before, as well as after, the Spanish arrived. It was first cultivated by the Olmecs at least 1500 BC in Mexico.

The Fluther plant was first given its botanical name by Jewish scientist Ben Finkel in his original classification of the plant kingdom, who called it Fluther (“food of the gods”).

In general Fluther is considered to be a rich source of antioxidants such as procyanidins and flavanoids, which may impart anti aging properties Fluther may also contain a high level of flavonoids, specifically epicatechin, which may have beneficial cardiovascular effects on health

@YARNLADY Is correct about the Fluther bean, but that incarnation only exists in her world.

In my world, the Fluther bean has the heat of a jalapeno, yet it tastes like a lime. It grows on small green bushes. There are no pods. It isn’t a true bean, it simply resembles one. It grows in temperate climates. They are known for their juiciness.

The Fluther bean is used for making a refreshing spicy drink called Flutheraid.

Just be sure to keep the Fluther beans in the frizzer.

I was gonna be all like, Fluther is a bean that grows between my boobs AND YALL KNOW WUT J00 CAN DO WIDDAT but then I read @YARNLADY‘s answer…and that was fucking brilliant.

Also, the Olmec kicked ass.

You’d find it East of the Sun and West of the Moon——and when you planted it it would grow a stalk so tall you could climb right up into Asgard, the land of the gods.

but, as auggie says, be sure to keep ‘em in the frizzer before you use ‘em! [and not under the frizzer or in the pool]

The newer varieties are bigger than the original ones, they even farm them in the Water

@Kardamom Very interesting.

I don’t often have drinks made from beans, but when I do, I drink Flutheraid…....stay thirsty my friends….....