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What is double podded?

[RaptorUK]

What is double podded?

You take them out of the long pod, 1st podding,  cook them for a short time,  then take them out of their grey/green leathery outer skin (pod), 2nd podding. 

[Salmo]

We've having to net ours as some mystery creature hoiked most of them off the plants last year...

On our site it is jackdaws. Just as you are thinking they will be ready to pick in a couple of days they peck the beans out of the pods. A net or other barrier along the sides is essential.

[Growster...]

We've having to net ours as some mystery creature hoiked most of them off the plants last year...

On our site it is jackdaws. Just as you are thinking they will be ready to pick in a couple of days they peck the beans out of the pods. A net or other barrier along the sides is essential.

Hey, Salmo!

Thank you for this, it never occurred to us that it might be those blighters!

I've solidly netted  a thirty ft row this year - with 240v electric fencing and a machine gun tower at every corner! (not the latter obviously)!

Many thanks - we've seen them around on numerous occasions!

[lettice]

Not sure why people double pod.
Seen many cooks on tv do it, just cause they think they can and want to be annoyingly different. But I usually  think its because they buy poor quality beans out of season and the skins are tough.

Have tried it and you you lose a lot of the flavour
Pick broad beans when they are young and they wont start to get a little tough.
Just steam mine for a short time, nothing added delicious.

[Madame Cholet]

Not sure why people double pod.
Seen many cooks on tv do it, just cause they think they can and want to be annoyingly different. But I usually  think its because they buy poor quality beans out of season and the skins are tough.

Have tried it and you you lose a lot of the flavour
Pick broad beans when they are young and they wont start to get a little tough.
Just steam mine for a short time, nothing added delicious.

Me too lots of faffing just 2 mins in boiling water.

[RaptorUK]

Pick broad beans when they are young and they wont start to get a little tough.

You sacrifice yield picking young,  although it depends what you mean by young,  what do you mean by young ?

[lettice]

Young probably was the wrong word, probably better would be medium sized beans.
I know many who leave them till the beans become very large and are then tough.

Just picked a bucket load

[Growster...]

Young probably was the wrong word, probably better would be medium sized beans.
I know many who leave them till the beans become very large and are then tough.

Just picked a bucket load

Interesting this!

I actually quite like vegetables to have some 'bite', and a big bean is not a problem really! Of course, new veg, like spuds, broad beans, peas etc are a delight, but a good chewy veg with a bit of heart is not always a bad thing in my humble opinion...

;0)

Perhaps I'd draw the line on very stringy runner beans though...