Never met a bean I didn’t like and a couple of months ago when we were in Mexico we stumbled upon a colorful basket of beans we’d come to learn are called ayocotes. With just a bag of them, we were saving those for a special occasion. In the meantime, Caroline went searching for what our colorful beans were called as when we bought them, we didn’t know they were ayocotes. Having found a supplier, we bought two pounds of them and this is our first foray into discovering whatever promise they might hold. While we thought corona beans swole after soaking, these ayocotes are approaching the size of key limes. After cooking, they are damn near as big as golf balls.

Just as I opened this post extolling my love of beans, these didn’t disappoint. If I didn’t still have over 20 pounds of various beans in our pantry, I’d order up another 5 pounds of these. My FOMO for rainbow ayocotes is running strong as I try to convince myself they’ll be there when we want them again.