today i harvested lupins, which solves the case of the mystery beans i consumed in rome. they taste kinda cheesy, in a weird salty way. anyway, turns out when they bloom the flowers are quite beautiful, and look kind of like foxgloves in their color and structure. the latin name, lupinus, means wolf in latin (lupo in italian), and according to my friend wikipedia this is because (1) they grow like crazy and "ravage" the land, and (2) the beans are fit only for the consumption of wolves. i happen to disagree on that second point, they're plenty fit for my belly.
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