How long do green beans keep?

 
How long do green beans keep in a refrigerator? I ask, because I have a
couple
of bean pods that are big enough to pick, but most are tiny and
will be a while
before they are ready. I just wondered how long they
will keep while I wait for
more to add to them. Yes, it's my first year
growing green beans of any kind. So
I haven't a clue what I'm doing.




--
andrewmoquin

 

Just two green beans... never should have made it home, should have been
eaten directly.

 
I agree :-))  But they can also be added raw to a salad or chopped up and
added to a stir fry.

 

Right, can also stick one up each nostril and pretend to be a walrus! hehe

I keep a zip-loc bag in the freezer for saving cut-up overgrown and errant
green beans, comes in handy for cooking soups/stews in winter... there are
always some elusive green beans that become too tough to eat otherwise, I
usually collect 3-4 pint bagsful... sometimes there are just too many in a
harvest so the extras go into the soup bag, just de-string first.  I do the
same with okra and bell pepper... chop up the tougher outer leaves of
collards and kale to freeze for soups too, just cut out the tought rib.

 

Do you ever let your beans go to the dry stage and then use the dried beans?