In Japanese "eda" means a blanch of a plant and "mame " means beans.
Edamame reminds people of beer in summer season. It is like peanuts, buffalo chicken wing, or nachos. Something good with beer.
What I heard the reason edamame is famous in US is its high protein and low calory.
I found the package of the edamame in the picture at a Korean grocery store.
It costs $ 1.39. It's inexpensive so I often buy this one.
Since it's sold at a Korean store, maybe Korean and Chinese people eat this beans too.
The letter on the package is not in Japanese so this stuff is for Chinese, I guess.
Once I brought one bag of edamame to a party, but a Taiwanese friend did not know about this beans. It might not be consumed in Taiwan though we had a fun with eating edamame and drinking beer.
Edamame beans
