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What's the difference between pinto and pinta beans?

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Buddhacat
SKK added almost 2 years ago

They are both the same thing.

Buddhacat
SKK added almost 2 years ago

What I mean to say is they can be used interchangeably - the pinto bean is from Mexico and is named because it is striped - like a pinto horse. The alubia pinta alavesa, or the "Alavese pinto bean", is a red variety of the pinto bean from Spain.

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