Butter Beans

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mumofstig

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Re: Butter Beans
« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2011, 08:05 »
You can get them dried here, but most people get them tinned, then they are very soft......
sometimes even mushy.

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Trillium

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Re: Butter Beans
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2011, 19:14 »
A shame no one freezes them because they're very nice that way.

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Re: Butter Beans
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2011, 20:29 »
You can leave some varieties of runner bean to mature and they will turn into butter beans.  I am growing The Czar from Real Seeds and intend to leave a few plants to turn into butter beans.

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Re: Butter Beans
« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2011, 22:38 »
they do dry ok and cook nicely, but they're not as big as the Spagna blanco :)

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Re: Butter Beans
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2011, 23:04 »
After eating Beans Gigantia in Crete a couple of years ago I bought a kilo of the beans to bring home to cook (actually only wanted half a pound to try but ended up with a kilo  -  kinda got lost in translation).

Anyway, found about a dozen in the cupboard in a jar in May, sowed them, as you do, and hey presto  -  they are already far higher than my runners and have small white flowers on them. 

Fingers crossed they polinate and grow.  I just soak them overnight, boil for 45 mins and then put into the oven covered with homemade tomato and garlic sauce  Yummy :)

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Re: Butter Beans
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2011, 22:01 »
what seeds did you plant?

I've grown this one http://www.seedsofitaly.com/product/269

and it grows like a runner bean.
Pick them when the pods ar full and fat to eat fresh, or when the pods start to dry, if you want to dry them for winter use

ive been looking for the packet ??? another of my problems i always put it somewhere i can find it later but never do! no idea what type but Franchi maybe.

thanx for all the advice they really are doing well quite fat pods on them already and stacks of flower.

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Re: Butter Beans
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2011, 23:50 »
I'm growing Czar which is a runner bean grown for it's "butter" beans. It's an 1892 variety apparently

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AnneB

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Re: Butter Beans
« Reply #22 on: July 16, 2011, 10:21 »
I will have to investigate Spagna blanco as recommended by mumofstig for next year.  Sounds impressive.



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