/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Eat more fibre.

Okay /ck/, I need you to use your knowledge of legumes to help me out.

Recently I ate a bean soup that was really good, and I want to recreate it or even improve it, but I don't want to waste my time with filler ingredients. What legumes are actully flavorful and distinct in taste? I know black beans are smoky and tasty, lentils are savory, kidney beans have a complex flavor, split peas have a lot of flavor, and chickpeas aren't as flavorful but they aren't bland either. Navy peas have no real taste of their own so I won't bother with them. What other beans actually contribute to a dish's flavor though? Pinto beans? Lima beans? Great northerns? Black-eyed peas? Help me filter out the useless beans and pick out the good ones