juniper-beans FLORA — A legume. The fruit of a hardy vine, juniper-beans are purple seeds relatively the size of a peach pit and vaguely shaped like a bean. Their outer shell is a tough, leathery substance that must be soaked in water in order to be removed. Once the shell is removed, juniper-beans can be cooked, roasted, or eaten raw. Their flavor is slightly sweet, comparable to sweet potatoes. Common lore among the → folken is that juniper-beans are good luck and promote prosperity and fertility. Juniper-beans are the object of the new year festival tradition of → husking. 

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