[Carollan]

Hi everyone,

we are breeding a rather large white runner bean on the allotment,it dries and stores well,but I have been too frightened to eat them.This year,we have a large box of white and a smaller box of black runner bean seeds.I crossed my large greek white beans with a heritage trail of tears tiny black runner bean.

Can we put them in soups and stews?

I can't be the first person who loves runner beans,grew too many to be able to eat them fresh and doesn't like them frozen.

Hope you can help xx

[New shoot]

I've never heard of any crop bean that you can't eat the dried seeds of.  I don't grow runner beans, but I often leave french beans to make dried beans if there are too many of them.   

If you cook them like kidney beans i.e. on a boil for 10 minutes, then reduce to a simmer, that is enough to destroy any possible harm in them 

[Carollan]

Thankyou new shoot,I'll give it a whirl and see what they taste like .I love butter beans,I was hoping they might be similar.