Pole Beans

 

    Although I have gardened most of my life this is the first year I have
tried growing pole beans----First  I planted to many---Second I have a large
number of over grown pods full of lovely plump beans----Does anyone have a
suggestions or receipt to use these beans or should I simply compost them
seams a shame to waste them...   ??

--
Don

 



Shell them and cook as you would lima beans. Compost the pods.

 



Big bean pods are more palatable (and easier to cook) when
sliced on the diagonal, e.g. into pieces less than an inch
long and less than one cm wide.   Special-purpose machines
for this purpose were common 50 years ago.  Some blender
attachments slice beans.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 




    Depending on variety, mature pole beans may be allowed to dry in
the pod for use as seed. Mature beans work well as "shelley" beans,
fresh or dried. "Extra" immature-to-moderately-mature pole beans freeze
well; they also dehydrate well, provided that one first freezes them.
Thaw before placing into food dryer, of course.

 

sometime in the recent past Balvenieman posted this:

Never heard of freezing before putting them into the dryer. Why would that be?

BTW, this was my first year for Scarlet Runner Beans - the humming birds
loved the flowers, they were extremely prolific and rather tasty, although I
didn't know what to do with them at first.

--
Wilson 44.69, -67.3