[Beetroot queen]

Thanks yorkie, I now have some seeds for the runner beans, hubby is putting them in right now. Why Somerset seems to be a bean seed free zone right now I don't know.  :blink:

Everyone cross their fingers and legs and let's hope we see a bean, I have never been so rubbish with runner beans EVER 

I blame the compost, these are going straight in the soil.

Thanks again. 

[Yorkie]

Blimey, that was quick - they only got posted yesterday lunchtime!

Glad they got there in one piece (the packet was a prezzie but I don't like RBs, so really pleased they went to a good home!) 

[Beetroot queen]

Blimey, that was quick - they only got posted yesterday lunchtime!

Glad they got there in one piece (the packet was a prezzie but I don't like RBs, so really pleased they went to a good home!) 

I am not a huge fan of the bean BUT I make a bean chutney that hubby has withdrawal symptoms for.  he'd eat a jar a time. Lol he doesn't eat much veg but if it's in a chutney he eats it all.

[bravemurphy]

would love a recipe for that chutney if you would be so kind.

[Beetroot queen]

would love a recipe for that chutney if you would be so kind.

I'll dig it out later today it was mil recipe  sulking as I can't stand the woman but the chutney is good 

[arugula]

would love a recipe for that chutney if you would be so kind.

You'll find runner bean chutney recipes in the cooking board, in fact BQ's recipe is probably there. I'm not able to post a set of search results for you to view.

Also, in the recipe section of the main website.

http://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/category/chutney-jam-val/

[bravemurphy]

That's great thanks 

[Beetroot queen]

I couldn't find it listed so I will check my messy box later

I did however find my cranberry chutney recipe which my 15 year old has been asking for non stop for ages. I thought I'd lost the recipe 

[Beetroot queen]

 Runner Bean Chutney
should work for French beans too ...

2 lb. (900g) runner beans. stringed and chopped or sliced
2 lb. (900g) demerera sugar
one and a half pints vinegar, I use malt or White I am not fussy
1.5lbs. (675g) onions, peeled and chopped
one and a half tbsps. cornflour
half a tsp. salt
1 tsp. turmeric
1 tsp. mustard powder

1. Cook the beans in salted water till just soft

2. Cook the onions in half a pint of vinegar until just soft

3. Place the beans, onions and sugar in a pan together with the remaining vinegar and boil for 15 minutes

4. Mix the mustard, turmeric, salt and cornflour with a small amount of cold water and add to the pan

5. Bring to the boil and cook for a further 15 minutes
6. Allow to cool slightly before putting in sterilised jars

[Beetroot queen]

It's all over the net this one so maybe mil didn't make it up lol I feel better about it now. It wil no longer be "mother's chutney" 

Online some people say it only lasts a year which is rubbish I made about 100 jars the year we married and hubby finished the last off some 9 years later, lol I wouldn't recommend making that much but the barrows of beans came free    :blink:

[bravemurphy]

thank you very much.

[Annen]

Thanks for that BQ