The Great White Northern Bean

A few weeks ago, at Terrible's Casino in Osceola, Iowa we saw that the restaurant offered Great White Northern Bean soup which we naturally thought meant "potato". But no, the Great Northern Bean is indeed a bean... and what a bean! They're the largest of the white bean (as the name would imply) and are popular in France for making cassoulets and in the United States for making Boston Baked Beans (not the candy).

Great White Northern Beans can be easily substituted for any of the following lesser beans: navy bean, cannellini, flageolets or dried lima beans.

They're an excellent source of iron, magnesium, and folate as well as a decent source of calcium according to Kroger. Also, Great White Northern Beans haven't been associated with nightclub fires nor did they kill three people in 2005.

Truly a great bean.