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David in Normandy
Oct 20, 2011, 1:51:19 PM10/20/11
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Tried an experiment the other day in the kitchen which worked well.
I've collected lots of dry runner bean pods and shelled them without
knowing what to do with them all. Anyway, soaked some overnight in a
bowl of boiling water to de-wind them. Then boiled them for half hour
until tender then chilled them running some cold water over them. At
this stage the tough skins on the beans tear off quite easily if split
with a small knife. This task isn't as tedious as it may sound because
the beans are quite large and it doesn't take a lot to make a reasonable
sized portion. The resulting pile of cooked skinless beans tastes (to me
anyway) a lot like roasted sweet chestnuts. I threw them into a curry
and they worked very well.
So, the dried runner bean pods are worth harvesting!
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I've collected lots of dry runner bean pods and shelled them without
knowing what to do with them all. Anyway, soaked some overnight in a
bowl of boiling water to de-wind them. Then boiled them for half hour
until tender then chilled them running some cold water over them. At
this stage the tough skins on the beans tear off quite easily if split
with a small knife. This task isn't as tedious as it may sound because
the beans are quite large and it doesn't take a lot to make a reasonable
sized portion. The resulting pile of cooked skinless beans tastes (to me
anyway) a lot like roasted sweet chestnuts. I threw them into a curry
and they worked very well.
So, the dried runner bean pods are worth harvesting!
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harry
Oct 21, 2011, 3:41:08 AM10/21/11
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On Oct 20, 6:51 pm, David in Normandy <DavidinNorma...@nospam.nospam>
wrote:
wrote:
> Tried an experiment the other day in the kitchen which worked well.
> I've collected lots of dry runner bean pods and shelled them without
> knowing what to do with them all. Anyway, soaked some overnight in a
> bowl of boiling water to de-wind them. Then boiled them for half hour
> until tender then chilled them running some cold water over them. At
> this stage the tough skins on the beans tear off quite easily if split
> with a small knife. This task isn't as tedious as it may sound because
> the beans are quite large and it doesn't take a lot to make a reasonable
> sized portion. The resulting pile of cooked skinless beans tastes (to me
> anyway) a lot like roasted sweet chestnuts. I threw them into a curry
> and they worked very well.
>
> So, the dried runner bean pods are worth harvesting!
>
> --
> David in Normandy. DavidinNorma...@yahoo.fr
> I've collected lots of dry runner bean pods and shelled them without
> knowing what to do with them all. Anyway, soaked some overnight in a
> bowl of boiling water to de-wind them. Then boiled them for half hour
> until tender then chilled them running some cold water over them. At
> this stage the tough skins on the beans tear off quite easily if split
> with a small knife. This task isn't as tedious as it may sound because
> the beans are quite large and it doesn't take a lot to make a reasonable
> sized portion. The resulting pile of cooked skinless beans tastes (to me
> anyway) a lot like roasted sweet chestnuts. I threw them into a curry
> and they worked very well.
>
> So, the dried runner bean pods are worth harvesting!
>
> --
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Les haricots?
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David in Normandy
Oct 21, 2011, 4:08:16 AM10/21/11
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as bought from Wilko's a number of years ago with large bean seeds that
are quite pretty shades of purple, blue and black. The skins on the
seeds are a bit too tough to make them nice to eat without removing them
first; but they come off easily after cooking and cooling.
I plan to try some simply tossed in a little butter next as a side
portion. I'm sure they'll be tasty. The texture as well as the taste is
similar to roasted chestnuts.
I'd better add the usual disclaimer here for beans, I think it applies
to all bean (seeds) ... that the boiling for half an hour is important
because it destroys a toxin in the beans which can otherwise make people
ill. Though I think it is only necessary to boil for ten or fifteen
minutes to destroy the toxin, the rest of the boiling time is simply to
cook / soften them.
harry
Oct 22, 2011, 2:53:03 AM10/22/11
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We have tried a similar experiment. Virtually tasteless. Never
realised they were poisonous raw.
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We have tried a similar experiment. Virtually tasteless. Never
realised they were poisonous raw.
David in Normandy
Oct 22, 2011, 4:19:20 AM10/22/11
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fashionable twenty-odd years ago. The temperature isn't high enough in
them to destroy the toxin and people were getting ill from eating red
kidney beans.
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David in Normandy
Oct 22, 2011, 4:43:53 AM10/22/11
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On 22/10/2011 10:35, Martin wrote:
> any ill effects.
I've a suspicion that broad beans don't contain the toxin anyway. My
seed packet mentions they can be eaten raw when young.
>> We have tried a similar experiment. Virtually tasteless. Never
>> realised they were poisonous raw.
>
> They can't be very poisonous. I've eaten uncooked broad beans without
>> realised they were poisonous raw.
>
> any ill effects.
I've a suspicion that broad beans don't contain the toxin anyway. My
seed packet mentions they can be eaten raw when young.
nm...@cam.ac.uk
Oct 22, 2011, 4:15:34 AM10/22/11
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In article <ouv4a79m0jj5ivabu...@4ax.com>,
with other ingredients to add flavour.
>They can't be very poisonous. I've eaten uncooked broad beans without
>any ill effects.
Firstly, the toxin is in the skins and increases significantly as
they ripen; young ones have virtually none.
Secondly, broad beans (Vicia) have very little of the toxin; it
is the New World Beans (Phaseolus) that are the real problem.
Well, except for things like Calabar beans, which aren't Vicia,
either :-)
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>>We have tried a similar experiment. Virtually tasteless. Never
>>realised they were poisonous raw.
Most ripe beans are best used as the starchy component of a dish,
>
>>We have tried a similar experiment. Virtually tasteless. Never
>>realised they were poisonous raw.
with other ingredients to add flavour.
>They can't be very poisonous. I've eaten uncooked broad beans without
>any ill effects.
they ripen; young ones have virtually none.
Secondly, broad beans (Vicia) have very little of the toxin; it
is the New World Beans (Phaseolus) that are the real problem.
Well, except for things like Calabar beans, which aren't Vicia,
either :-)
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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harry
Oct 23, 2011, 10:51:06 AM10/23/11
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On Oct 22, 9:15 am, n...@cam.ac.uk wrote:
> In article <ouv4a79m0jj5ivabusr0r720o5f8isd...@4ax.com>,
Just tried an experiment. Gave my wife's parrot a raw runner bean.
(It deserves to die anyway). It dropped it instantly. (They taste
with their tongues). It was perfectly happy to shred a complete pod.
But never ate a bean.
However they do eat toxic seeds in the wild. Maybe only when
nothing else is available.
> In article <ouv4a79m0jj5ivabusr0r720o5f8isd...@4ax.com>,
(It deserves to die anyway). It dropped it instantly. (They taste
with their tongues). It was perfectly happy to shred a complete pod.
But never ate a bean.
However they do eat toxic seeds in the wild. Maybe only when
nothing else is available.
David in Normandy
Oct 23, 2011, 11:25:41 AM10/23/11
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On 23/10/2011 16:51, harry wrote:
>
> Just tried an experiment. Gave my wife's parrot a raw runner bean.
> (It deserves to die anyway). It dropped it instantly. (They taste
> with their tongues). It was perfectly happy to shred a complete pod.
> But never ate a bean.
> However they do eat toxic seeds in the wild. Maybe only when
> nothing else is available.
On first reading of your post I interpreted "dropped it instantly" as
>
> Just tried an experiment. Gave my wife's parrot a raw runner bean.
> (It deserves to die anyway). It dropped it instantly. (They taste
> with their tongues). It was perfectly happy to shred a complete pod.
> But never ate a bean.
> However they do eat toxic seeds in the wild. Maybe only when
> nothing else is available.
the parrot instantly dropped dead! lol
Janet Tweedy
Oct 24, 2011, 7:35:22 AM10/24/11
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In article <4ea431f8$0$30774$ba4a...@reader.news.orange.fr>, David in
Normandy <Davidin...@nospam.nospam> writes
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Normandy <Davidin...@nospam.nospam> writes
>On first reading of your post I interpreted "dropped it instantly" as
>the parrot instantly dropped dead! lol
Definitely a 'has bean' parrot !
>the parrot instantly dropped dead! lol
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Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
David in Normandy
Oct 24, 2011, 12:03:09 PM10/24/11
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On 24/10/2011 13:35, Janet Tweedy wrote:
> In article <4ea431f8$0$30774$ba4a...@reader.news.orange.fr>, David in
> Normandy <Davidin...@nospam.nospam> writes
>> On first reading of your post I interpreted "dropped it instantly" as
>> the parrot instantly dropped dead! lol
>
>
> Definitely a 'has bean' parrot !
As in gone to meet it's maker, joined the choir celestial, pushing up
> In article <4ea431f8$0$30774$ba4a...@reader.news.orange.fr>, David in
> Normandy <Davidin...@nospam.nospam> writes
>> On first reading of your post I interpreted "dropped it instantly" as
>> the parrot instantly dropped dead! lol
>
>
> Definitely a 'has bean' parrot !
daisies, deceased, defunct, dead, it is no more, an ex-parrot. :P
harry
Oct 25, 2011, 1:56:20 AM10/25/11
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On Oct 23, 4:25 pm, David in Normandy <DavidinNorma...@nospam.nospam>
wrote:
wrote:
> On 23/10/2011 16:51, harry wrote:
>
>
>
> > Just tried an experiment. Gave my wife's parrot a raw runner bean.
> > (It deserves to die anyway). It dropped it instantly. (They taste
> > with their tongues). It was perfectly happy to shred a complete pod.
> > But never ate a bean.
> > However they do eat toxic seeds in the wild. Maybe only when
> > nothing else is available.
>
> On first reading of your post I interpreted "dropped it instantly" as
> the parrot instantly dropped dead! lol
>
> --
> David in Normandy. DavidinNorma...@yahoo.fr
>
>
>
> > Just tried an experiment. Gave my wife's parrot a raw runner bean.
> > (It deserves to die anyway). It dropped it instantly. (They taste
> > with their tongues). It was perfectly happy to shred a complete pod.
> > But never ate a bean.
> > However they do eat toxic seeds in the wild. Maybe only when
> > nothing else is available.
>
> On first reading of your post I interpreted "dropped it instantly" as
> the parrot instantly dropped dead! lol
>
> --
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