RFF#65 – “Pinto beans” were named because of their speckled appearance

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In Spanish, “pintado” means “painted”, hence pintado bean = painted bean.

I learned about this fact from: Hawkes AD. The World of Vegetable Cookery. Simon and Schuster, New York: 1968.

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