I'm drowning in Runner Beans. I made a descision this year not to plant any as none of us are mega keen on them. And I planted French Beans instead. Or so I thought - I swear they looked like french beans, they were certainly the right colour beans - but as they have grown all but two plants have revealed themselves to be cuckoos in the nest and have developed into full on runners. Arrggghhh!!
So now I am drowning in runners but have no-one to eat them all. I've tried giving them away but everyone around here grows them, so I have had to be creative. My freind has one of those nifty bean slicers that cuts them into neat little strips. I figured my 5 year old will like that - I scrubbed the beans to dehair them, then de-stringed and finally sliced - I served them with optimism - she'll have to like them - Nope - she can spot a runner a mile off..
"These are NOT squeaky Beans!!" she grumped. (she calls french beans "squeaky beans" she got the name from her freind) "they're horrid hairy runners Mummy!"
RUMBLED!!!
So last week I decided to try a new tack. I shelled the little pinky beans from the runner pods and steamed them, then served them with our usual mix of steamed veg which we have with many meals. She was intrigued as they had turned a lovely purple shade in the steaming process. She bit into one and discovered the little green squirt of bean inside and proclaimed them to be called "Purple Greenies" she stole all of mine off my plate and has been demanding them at every meal. So a new hit - try it it might work for you - clandestine runner beans AKA Purple Greenies!!!
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