[AlaninCarlisle]

There must be a quick and simple way of removing the skins off the individual beans as the only podded beans I've ever bought are skinless. How can this be quickly achieved?

[Kleftiwallah]

I boil the beans and when cool, make a cut near the attachement point then just gently sweeze.  Slow process I'm afraid.

Cheers,   Tony.

[GrannieAnnie]

Brian likes them just as they are so I don't bother.

[Annen]

Brian likes them just as they are so I don't bother.

Do you cook them in their pods?  When I tried it the pods got full of water which splurted out onto the plate when you stuck a fork into them

[GrannieAnnie]

Oh sorry, did you mean taking hem out of the pods?  I thought you mean the way they take off the outer skin of the bean itself, not the pods!   

No, I just pod them like peas, but they are a pan in the bum.  Forget I said anything!   

[AlaninCarlisle]

No I was asking about skinning them AFTER podding them. I never thought of cooking the pod as well 

[GrannieAnnie]

No I was asking about skinning them AFTER podding them. I never thought of cooking the pod as well 

That's what I thought you meant!  Like I said, I don't bother as Brian likes them as they are, especially when they are young and tender.  I think you can cook them in the pods if the pods are still small though!

[Annen]

Sorry to add to the general confusion I thought somebody had found a solution to tedious de-podding.

I never take the skins off, if the eaters in our house don't like them they remove their own, but most don't mind one way or the other.

[tosca100]

Just pouring boiling water on them and leaving for a few minutes softens the skin. Then you can  nick the skin with a nail and squeeze the bean out, sometimes they will split anyway. Better to do it while watching the telly as doing it standing staring at the splashback is boring!

[Kleftiwallah]

Relevant article in today's (9/7/14) Daily Mail, page 23.

Cheers,   Tony.