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After a good harvest of runners there are many left on the plant that have become long and inedible. Can you use the matured beans for anything other than seed? Are they edible?
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yes, you can eat them. The best way to treat runner beans is to pick them small and if you can't eat em all just bung em in the freezer. That way you don't end up with long stringy ones, unless you want them for seed. -
If you're going to eat them as mature beans make sure your boil them for 10mins to destroy the toxins.Location....East Midlands.Comment
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Thats what I was going to say
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Please don't talk to me about beans, I didn't get any
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You can definitely eat the seeds (once boiled as above ^). I grow white runner beans specifically for the seed, which we eat as a butter beanAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Thanks TS. The pink and black beans will need more creative colourful recipes I guess.......thankfully I have a wigwam of whites too......butter bean garlic tomato chorizo and red wine stew me thinks......yum
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Hmmmm. Can I come for dinner?Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Cant you just let them dry on the plant and use them as seed next year? thats what i did last year and these plants are ridiculously heavy on pods. i gave away 2 carrier bags full of beans last week!!Serene she stand amid the flowers,
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You certainly can, but who needs that many seeds. I think the whole point of the original post was to find out if you can eat the seedsOriginally posted by Victoria26 View Post
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Here's a good guide to help you gauge how long soak and how to prepare your beans. Hope you find it helpful.Comment
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Ginge, I just found that link overly complicated. No way do soya beans need 3 hrs of cooking, nor do black eyed peas need 90 mins, for instance.
Keep it simple. Overnight cold soak, or a 1 hr hot soak (bring to boil, then turn off heat and leave beans to sit for an hour). Drain off the soaking water.
Then you cook them (this can be separately, or in the dish you're making). I tend to simmer any bean for 45 mins, then do a bite test - if it's still hard, give it another 15 mins or so.Last edited by Two_Sheds; 20-09-2011, 08:11 PM.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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