not more please

I thought Id done too many beans, but luckily we love them, so I now have a good idea of what I need to plant next year...quite by accident!

we love runner beans but we have had them boiled everyday for 10 days   I will wake up in the morning with trainers on

I have made 40 jars of runner bean chutney but I have had enough now

Just leave them on the vines to mature, then depod and dry out properly and you can have them in soups all winter.

i have three carrier bags frozen in the freezer and still they keep coming
but love them so all good, made some pickled runners but hubby not keen on the idea of chutney but have so many frozen that may just have to

If you want to freeze them for more than a few days you should blanch them first, they keep much better and will be good upto 12 months in the freezer.

I haven't done peas but beans, I slice, plunge into boiling water ( not too many at a time) bring back to boil, 2 minutes, then drop them into ice cold water till cold, remove from water and tip onto kitchen towel to dry them and spread onto baking trays( this keeps them nice and loose instead of having 1 lump or 2 lol) and pop in freezer, when frozen knock off trays into freezer bags

It's a horrible job though when you have buckets of the darn things 

my runners have been "woody" think I have been picking them too late, so have about 5KG of dodo runners.. gutted..

I had enough runner beans as a child to put me off them for life.

That what i thought until my wife started cooking them.
Chop an onion and fry in cooking oil in a big pan
Add a tin of tomatoes and tomato puree
Couple of cloves of garlic (chopped up)
Juice of a lemon, tiny bit of cinamon and cumin
season with salt and pepper
Add runner bean stringed and chopped into 2" pieces
Put the lid on the pan boil up and then simmer for about an hour until beans are soft.
Really really delicious 
You can also fry up some diced lamb or chicken thighs/legs and stick them in for a whole meal.