Bean Count Contest #12

How many beans in this jar?

There are 2 types of beans:

• Corona Beans
• Scarlet Runner Beans

The Rules

• The jar of beans is at the plant-based booth at the Davis Farmers' Market every Saturday (weather permitting) from 8:00-1:00 in the non-profit/community area.
• It is free to guess (estimate) the number of beans in the jar. You can update your guess by submitting another one.
• The contest will end when there are more than 70 or 80 guesses. It will then take a little while to carefully count the beans.
• The 3 guesses that are closest (above or below) to the final count will win the prizes. Ties will be resolved by a complex objective algorithm and (if needed) a coin toss. The winners will be notified and the results will be posted on this web site.

  Everyone will receive a message - win or lose.

The Prizes

1. $50 Gift Certificate at the Co-op at 620 G Street
2. $30 Gift Certificate at Trader Joe's at 885 Russell Boulevard
3. Your choice of several plant-based cookbooks.

Plant-based Cookbooks

• The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids - Ruby Roth
• Plant-based Cooking for Kids - Faith Goimarac Ralphs
• The Great Vegan Bean Book - Kathy Hester
• Cool Beans - Joe Yonan
• Forks Over Knives, The Cookbook - Del Sroufe

The Guesses (aka Estimates)

Several people carefully analyzed, counted, measured, and multiplied. Others made a 'wild ass guess' by gut instinct and intuition. Estimation is a difficult art.

Bar graph of the guesses:

< 100 ****
< 150 ****************
< 200 *****************
< 250 **************************
< 300 *********************
< 350 *********************
< 400 *******************
< 450 ****
< 500 ****
< 550 **********
< 600 *******
< 650 **
< 700 **
< 800 ***
< 850 *
< 900 *
<1200 **
<3150 *

Here are all the guesses - with people's names abbreviated to the first 3 characters of their first and last names.

In guess numerical order

In alphabetical order by name

The Final Count

Corona Beans	91
Scarlet Runner Beans	372
Total	463

The Winners

Off By	Guess	Name	Prize
12	451	Peggy Stein	$50 Gift Certificate at the Co-op at 620 G Street
13	450	Yuna Jeong	$30 Gift Certificate at Trader Joe's at 885 Russell Boulevard
16	479	Jennifer Ault	Your choice of several plant-based cookbooks.

The Beans and Recipes

Royal corona beans are the creamiest, meatiest, and most tender beans I’ve ever eaten. The texture and flavor is like no other bean. They have the texture of creamy potatoes, and the flavor is mild, sweet and savory. Giant Royal Corona Beans - How to Cook

Scarlet Runner Beans

Scarlet Runner Beans are beloved of gardeners, butterflies, and children alike. Perennial, vigorous, and prolific, they will rapidly cover a teepee, fence, or trellis with brilliant red blooms. Many a September gardener has been left staring at handfuls of the mottled purple, black, and brown beans, peering at them closely, as if the vibrant patterns on their skin might reveal…what to do with them. They are huge, thick skinned and mysterious. Scarlet Runner Bean & Blackened Tomato Stew

Questions?