Fresh Butter Beans
Plum
large beans we had in Greece but I have only ever seen the dried sort in
England, including those reconstituted in tins.
More to the point - has anyone ever grown them in UK? Never seen any seed
beans.
Rusty Hinge
Tried - using grocers' seed - but the crop was zilch.
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Rusty
Dave Hill
wrote:
I must admit I can't stand ant form of seed bean, but I remember hen I
was in boardig school in the 50's they used to serve butter beans, and
from searching I think they were "Big Mama Lima Beans ", you can find
them at
http://www.reimerseeds.com/lima-butter-beans_585.aspx
and they do ship to the UK.
They hae some interesting things in their lists, and I may well try
them this comming season.
David Hill
Derek Turner
> Has anyone ever eaten fresh butter beans? I think they are the
> delicious large beans we had in Greece
IMBW but I think you will find that 'gigantes' is made from dried beans,
not fresh. It certainly is in all the recipes I have come across.
Baz
news:Q5CdnbOzsPMK6yHR...@brightview.com:
Now you mention it I miss butter beans from my school days.
Below is a link and if I can fin a space in my garen gonna give some a try.
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/vegging-out/butter-bean-seeds_
12941.html
Baz
BTW you will have to copy the link and paste it to your web browser.
kay
having eaten them several times in the last week ... 1) according to one
menu they're Lima beans (and certainly match my memory of lima beans) 2)
all the ones we had were the dried beans - just properly cooked, until
tender.
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kay
Rusty Hinge
> having eaten them several times in the last week ... 1) according to one
> menu they're Lima beans (and certainly match my memory of lima beans) 2)
> all the ones we had were the dried beans - just properly cooked, until
> tender.
Many recipes recommend soaking in cold water with some added bicarbonate
of soda.
I leave out the soda, and enjoy the slightly crunchy texture.
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Rusty