We went to the allotment today and it's all lying on the ground, canes,
beans the lot. So we brought home the beans, shucked them, and now we've got
a washing up bowl full of beans. We haven't let them go long enough to use
as beans rather than pods before, what now? I assume the purplish outer skin
is to go, but that's going to be a huge fiddly operation, how best to remove
it? will it come away any easier when dried or frozen?

TIA

Steve

"shazzbat" <shazzbat> wrote in message
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> We went to the allotment today and it's all lying on the ground, canes,
> beans the lot. So we brought home the beans, shucked them, and now we've
> got a washing up bowl full of beans. We haven't let them go long enough to
> use as beans rather than pods before, what now? I assume the purplish
> outer skin is to go, but that's going to be a huge fiddly operation, how
> best to remove it? will it come away any easier when dried or frozen?
>
> TIA
>
> Steve

The purplish outer skin can be left on for dishes of a chilli con carne, 5
bean salad etc. type. I would also leave the skin on if you were thinking
of making bean curds and remove it only at a later filtering stage.

Gill M

"Gill Matthews" <gill> wrote in message
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:
: "shazzbat" <shazzbat> wrote in message
: news:l2t1
: > We went to the allotment today and it's all lying on the ground, canes,
: > beans the lot. So we brought home the beans, shucked them, and now we've
: > got a washing up bowl full of beans. We haven't let them go long enough
to
: > use as beans rather than pods before, what now? I assume the purplish
: > outer skin is to go, but that's going to be a huge fiddly operation, how
: > best to remove it? will it come away any easier when dried or frozen?
: >
: > TIA
: >
: > Steve
:
: The purplish outer skin can be left on for dishes of a chilli con carne, 5
: bean salad etc. type. I would also leave the skin on if you were thinking
: of making bean curds and remove it only at a later filtering stage.
:
: Gill M

Use them as they are for next year's seeds

www.rraa.moonfruit.com

"Robert" <beachcomber> wrote in message
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[..]
> :
> : The purplish outer skin can be left on for dishes of a chilli con carne,
> 5
> : bean salad etc. type. I would also leave the skin on if you were
> thinking
> : of making bean curds and remove it only at a later filtering stage.
> :
> : Gill M
>
> Use them as they are for next year's seeds

Depends what they were and what was being grown round about. If they were
F1 hybrids you would probably get more variability than may be desirable.

Gill M

"Gill Matthews" <gill> wrote in message
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: "Robert" <beachcomber> wrote in message
: news:nz2d
: >
: > "Gill Matthews" <gill> wrote in message
: > news:8tu1
: > :
: > : "shazzbat" <shazzbat> wrote in message
: > : news:l2t1
: > : > We went to the allotment today and it's all lying on the ground,
: > canes,
: > : > beans the lot. So we brought home the beans, shucked them, and now
: > we've
: > : > got a washing up bowl full of beans. We haven't let them go long
: > enough
: > to
: > : > use as beans rather than pods before, what now? I assume the
purplish
: > : > outer skin is to go, but that's going to be a huge fiddly operation,
: > how
: > : > best to remove it? will it come away any easier when dried or
frozen?
: > : >
: > : > TIA
: > : >
: > : > Steve
: > :
: > : The purplish outer skin can be left on for dishes of a chilli con
carne,
: > 5
: > : bean salad etc. type. I would also leave the skin on if you were
: > thinking
: > : of making bean curds and remove it only at a later filtering stage.
: > :
: > : Gill M
: >
: > Use them as they are for next year's seeds
:
: Depends what they were and what was being grown round about. If they were
: F1 hybrids you would probably get more variability than may be desirable.
:
: Gill M
:
naaaaaaaaaaa a runner bean will produce runner beans, that's what they do

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 20:58:57 +0100, "shazzbat"
<shazzbat> wrote:

>We went to the allotment today and it's all lying on the ground, canes,
>beans the lot. So we brought home the beans, shucked them, and now we've got
>a washing up bowl full of beans. We haven't let them go long enough to use
>as beans rather than pods before, what now? I assume the purplish outer skin
>is to go, but that's going to be a huge fiddly operation, how best to remove
>it? will it come away any easier when dried or frozen?

Steve, do you mean the purplish outer skin is the pod? if so just let
them dry ritght out and then have a very satisfying time podding them.
When they are dry they will keep for ages. You can use the beans as
haricots in stews etc, but the longer they dry out the more soaking
and cooking they will need. Save a few for seed for next year but
they may not come true.
I cannot see the need to remove the skin on the actual bean.


Pam in Bristol