Bean Count Contest #17

How many beans in this jar?

There is only one type of bean:

• Fava 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 the Co-op at 620 G Street
3. Your choice of several plant-based cookbooks.

Plant-based Cookbooks

• Plant-based Cooking for Kids - Faith Goimarac Ralphs
• The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids - Ruby Roth
• 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:

<  50 *
<  75 ******
< 100 ***********
< 125 ********************
< 150 ************
< 175 *************************
< 200 **************************
< 225 ******************************
< 250 ***********
< 275 ******************
< 300 ************
< 325 ****************
< 350 ***********
< 375 ************
< 400 **********
< 425 ***********
< 450 *****
< 475 ***
< 500 **
< 525 **
< 550 *****
< 575 **
< 600 **
< 625 *
< 650 *
< 675 *
< 725 *
< 775 *
< 800 *
< 825 *
< 875 **
<1025 **
<1275 *
<2050 *

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

Fava Beans	295
Total	295

The Winners

Off By	Guess	Name	Prize
0	295	Julia Snell	$50 Gift Certificate at the Co-op at 620 G Street
1	294	Danielle Punaca	$30 Gift Certificate at the Co-op at 620 G Street
2	293	Jennifer Anderson	Your choice of several plant-based cookbooks.

The Beans and Recipes

Also known as broad bean. One of the oldest beans in Europe where it is especially beloved in Middle Eastern cooking. It's a little fussy to prepare from the fresh pods, because each bean is wrapped in a second skin, although plenty of cultures don't bother peeling. Dried varieties: large brown, split/skinned, and mini brown (traditional in Middle Eastern ful). Cooking with Fava Beans

Questions?