Sue have you a recipe that you could share please,I still have loads of runners.
Snowy I'm sure I found it on the recipes pages here, it's been really popular
Here it is:
Ingredients:
2 lbs runner beans
4 or 5 onions
1 ½ lbs demerara sugar
1 ½ tablespoons turmeric powder
1 ½ tablespoons english mustard powder
1 ½ tablespoons cornflour
1 ½ pints malt vinegar
Method:
Peal onions and cut small.
Slice beans and boil together with onions in salted water until both are tender.
Strain and drain well then cut up small or put through mincer.
Add sugar and 1 ¼ pints vinegar and boil for 15 mins.
Mix turmeric, mustard and cornflour with the remaining vinegar add to the bean & onions
Boil for another 15mins.
Allow to cool and put in jars.