The Ruckle Bean
The Ruckle Bean (from thetyee.ca)
The Tyee currently features a wonderful series of articles called ‘Eat Your History‘ about the stories behind foods special to British Columbia.
“You don’t live to be 98 without having a lot in your head,” says Lotus Ruckle from her home in Ganges on Salt Spring Island. We’re talking about the origin of the Ruckle bean, a white kidney variety that has been grown continuously in the province for at least 95 years and may be the only uniquely B.C. bean”…
Click here to read more of this wonderful Tyee ‘Eat Your History’ article by Joanne Will.