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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: Jackypam on September 07, 2013, 18:59

Title: 'Mature' runner beans...
Post by: Jackypam on September 07, 2013, 18:59
Just got back from 2 weeks away (lovely!) to discover that my elderly in laws have a very different view of when runners are ready than me.  I have a mountain of runners about a foot long and 3/4 inch wide.   Any ideas? ( other than the compost heap!)
Title: Re: 'Mature' runner beans...
Post by: mumofstig on September 07, 2013, 19:23
I find it doesn't matter how long or wide they are it really depends on how how bumpy they are  :D

If they are so bad that stringing them won't make them edible leave them to dry on the plant and eat them as shelled beans ;) I'm growing some extras just so I can do this :)
Title: Re: 'Mature' runner beans...
Post by: Beetroot Queen on September 07, 2013, 19:27
I chopped a few pound today and decided if my knife objected to top and tailing them they were past using. Only managed to lose a few like that but they were very bumpy and had obviously been overlooked.