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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: goodegg on March 03, 2010, 15:39

Title: bean jar
Post by: goodegg on March 03, 2010, 15:39

hi i want some big beans to make beanjar but i want butter bean types that are white when dry any idears what variety i could use , i cant get hold of any butter beans

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: mumofstig on March 03, 2010, 15:43

a forum search for butter beans shows a few topics of interest here is one

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=50146.msg593513#msg593513 (http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=50146.msg593513#msg593513)

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: RichardA on March 03, 2010, 15:50

we have dried beans in store that are red (chilli beans) and white with red marks (barlotta beans) that we grew ourselves but I think most cannellino and haricot beans will be white. Most shops sell a white bean for soup and stews. Try the Chase organics website perhaps.
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Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: mumofstig on March 03, 2010, 16:00

I was assuming you wanted to grow your own  :unsure:

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: JayG on March 03, 2010, 18:34

Never heard of "Beanjar" but I know how to Google!!

Traditional recipe  HERE  (http://hubpages.com/hub/Delicious-Traditional-Guernsey-Bean-Jar-Recipe) using only haricot beans (includes a gale warning!)   :)

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: goodegg on March 03, 2010, 20:22

lima beans are no good they only get about three beans in a pod and they take for ever to crop and they dont have time to dry properly but ive found some white lady beans didnt know you could still get them i used to grow them years ago me ,but thanks for all the replies

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: Poolfield2 on March 03, 2010, 23:36

I was all excited about a promising sounding recipe until I realised it had meat in and even worse cuts of meat that I find quite scary :lol:

I'm sure it will be lovely if you like meat, is there a bean jar recipe for whimpy veggies??

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: mumofstig on March 04, 2010, 09:01

(Apart from being meat...which you don't like at all :D)What's to be scared of.....a bit of a pig's leg and a bit of a cow's leg  :lol:

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: Poolfield2 on March 04, 2010, 19:39

Yup Mum those ARE the scary bits :lol:

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: Grasshopper on March 28, 2010, 17:57

Try Seeds from Italy, that's where I got mine from.

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: Eumaeus on April 02, 2010, 12:04

Quote from: Poolfield2 on March 03, 2010, 23:36

I was all excited about a promising sounding recipe until I realised it had meat in and even worse cuts of meat that I find quite scary :lol:

I'm sure it will be lovely if you like meat, is there a bean jar recipe for whimpy veggies??

I have made it in the past with parsnips instead of meat.  Only trouble is not to cook it too long.  beanjar normally cooks for a looooonnnngggg time, and the parsnips will go first caramelly and then start to taste burnt.  Maybe cook the rest of it and add the parsninps part way through?

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: Elcie on April 02, 2010, 20:43

Looks like and interesting recipe and one you can do in a slow cooker.  I don't know what part 'hock' is so I'm assuming it is a part I might not want to eat if I knew lol!

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: mumofstig on April 02, 2010, 21:40

hock is the bottom part of the leg...........nothing sinister about it :lol:

Title: Re: bean jar
Post by: Elcie on April 02, 2010, 22:23

Quote from: mumofstig on April 02, 2010, 21:40

hock is the bottom part of the leg...........nothing sinister about it :lol:

 :lol: That I can cope with - I was having all sorts of visions!