Beans

Who took the magic out of the beans?
Do you know where the expression, “You’re full of beans”, came from?
FULL OF PRUNES (OR BEANS) -"Each has the same meaning - peppy, lively, energetic, in high spirits, feeling one's oats, rarin' to go. How about that? But I did find another one that said that they would also say to the poorest people that they were full of beans because anyone could afford them!
I prefer the first idea, since our across the canal neighbors brought us some of their homemade ones, which was thoughtful and kind and that should be all there is to it… but you know me… the devil made me delve into it more closely!
Analysis is my hobby of what things actually mean, hmm?
Or in my wicked brain why did they do that?
Nice people have no ulterior motives, but sadly some of the nicest people I have known have come back to bite me in the behind years later! Only I would think of that!
Ooops did I say that? Ooey cringe factor full force!
Sorry, but I should be better at accepting things from others for what they are worth at the time they are given, and so I will, and so thanks kind neighbors!
Although, this bean thing is rather intriguing from an investigative point of view, what do you all think shall we go there?
Ahhh, what the heck, let’s go!
The history of the bean…they are one of the longest cultivated plants. “Broad beans, with seeds the size of the small fingernail, were gathered in their wild state in Afghanistan and the Himalayan foothills. In a form improved from naturally occurring types, they were already being grown in Thailand since the early seventh millennium BC, predating ceramics. They were deposited with the dead in ancient Egypt. Not until the second millennium BC did cultivated, large-seeded broad beans appear in the Aegean, Iberia and transalpine Europe. In the Iliad (late 8th century) is a passing mention of beans and chickpeas cast on the threshing floor. The common bean has been cultivated for over six thousand years in the Americas,” Thanks to Wikipedia for this info, for more to know go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean , now who would argue with that interesting stuff, huh?
Moving on… or back to my original question, whatever happened to those magic beans?
Aside from the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk where they were center stage and the main event in the story, since they grew so prolifically and to a land of giants and geese and golden egg laying hens… But today the only concept I found when Googled was that they have become an idea for commercial exploitation for children’s goods, as a moniker of baby and toddler stores selling furniture and toys. More power to them I say; whatever works! But alas I read further and found that there is a coffee shop entitled with that label, as well as an actual person selling them on Amazon with 150 recipes included, wow do you grow too to the sky, I wonder? Nah, which would be way too silly!
Who would have thunk it that there could be so much to think about with the simple bean, but we did and for that I must admit I do have way too much time on my hands!
On that high note of trying NOT to look a gift horse in the mouth … allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and ask you kindly to all to count your blessings and to share your overages and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
PS My eyeglass frames finally arrived today! And Hubby already installed my lenses from the broken ones, what a guy!