Definition of pinto bean
: a mottled kidney bean that is grown for food and for stock feed
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Recent Examples on the Web Thus, by the time Covid set in, my confidence was the size of a pinto bean.
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Elena Lacey, Wired, "I Fostered a One-Eyed Goblin. She Changed My Life in Lockdown," 5 Nov. 2020 Think white miso in a lemon-herb marinade for tofu feta, sprinkled on a pinto bean tortilla salad.
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Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "7 Tips for Adding Miso to Everything If You Don’t Already," 30 Sep. 2020 Rinse and pick over 2 cups dried black, red or pinto beans.
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Tina Danze, Dallas News, "What to cook this week: 8 starter pantry cuisine recipes with easy variations," 6 Apr. 2020 Hide eggs or jelly beans (or dried pinto beans); hide the Afikomen or even a piece of cardboard painted to look like matzo.
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New York Times, "Frequently Asked Questions and Advice," 4 Apr. 2020 Guacamole, Monterey Jack, sharply spicy chiltepin salsa and pinto beans round out the tidy package.
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Los Angeles Times, "20 great L.A. places for Mexican food delivery and takeout," 3 Apr. 2020 Goya Foods has delivered 24 million cans of black beans, pinto beans and other items to retailers in the past week.
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New York Times, "U.S. Stock Futures Sink as Washington Struggles Over Rescue Plan: Live Updates," 23 Mar. 2020 Above, from left: cranberry beans, lentils, black beans, chickpeas, red kidney beans, split peas, pinto beans and cannellini beans.
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Melissa Clark, NYT Cooking, "How to Cook Beans," 13 Mar. 2018 Few other foods embody a state’s identity like the chile, one of New Mexico’s two official state vegetables (alongside pinto beans).
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Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, "Hard Times for a Hot Commodity, the Prized New Mexico Chile," 16 Dec. 2019
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The first known use of pinto bean was in 1913
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