10/20/2023 0 Comments Magic purple beansThe pods, in contrast, are crunchy and easily edible raw. Here’s a nifty tip for using those lovely purple (or green) beans raw: snip out the seeds, which is the part of the bean that’s difficult to digest. The caveat, though, is that when cooked, that purple turns into green. ![]() They taste just like green beans and can be used the same way - the only difference is their gorgeous amethyst hue. Next time you’re at a farmer’s market, see if you can find purple beans. A trip to the farm market tomorrow is obviously in order!Ĭhicken Chat with P.Summer is shading into fall, but luckily, classic summer produce like green beans and tomatoes are still everywhere you look. Thanks a lot, without any veggie garden. MMMM.I now have a great craving for fresh, raw string beans. Cook on high until they're all done - then eat - LOTS of them! :) My favorite green bean dish? Take the slow cooker (it's not a crock pot - slightly different), put about an inch of water in it. I grow them now and then, and need to do so again. My Grammy and I found them first when we visited Historic Fort Vancouver (just a stone's throw away from us)- gosh, maybe 20 years ago. I'm growing beans for the first time this year and loving it. and beautiful, too! I love to eat fresh green beans right out of hand in the garden. What kind did you grow? And they DO taste good, right? Now, I wanted to try some purple beans growing on an arbor, but my wife insisted it would look silly, so I didn't. I would like to throw in a few slices of beefsteak tomatoes too. I could make a meal out of green beans too. I can see why you planted those purple beans Kylee. Not quite, but they are low in calories if you can manage to eat them without butter. I'll never forget what a friend said many years ago - "You can eat ten pounds of green beans for about 25 calories." LOL. ![]() Like sweet corn, I've been known to make a meal of beans alone. One of the ones I picked measures nine inches long. They must be good, because these are Japanese Beetle magnets, to the point that they're forgoing the roses for the bean leaves! At least they're leaving the beans themselves alone.įortex beans are very long and very slender, and look like the ones you see in high-class restaurants. These came highly recommended from a couple of sources, including The Victory Garden. I just picked the first ones last night, but we don't have enough yet for a meal, so I don't yet know how the flavor compares to others. We're growing Fortex pole beans for the first time this year, too. ![]() With green beans, it's easy to miss some, but the purple ones show up better and are less likely to be missed. I prefer them younger, but sometimes I don't get out there and pick them on time and they get big. ![]() After a couple taste tests, I would have to say they do indeed. The thing about purple beans is that they are supposed to taste just as good when picked late as they do when they're picked early. These are heavy producers because we don't have that many bean plants. We've had enough to share with our next-door neighbors and a couple of other people. I started picking them a couple of weeks ago and by this week, we have had a mess of beans. The foliage is a deep green with tinges of purple on the edges and be it luck or some other unknown reason, the normal insects haven't been nibbling away on the leaves like they do when we grow green bush beans. And they do a magical thing when you cook them - they turn green. They were supposed to taste like regular green beans, except that they were purple. When I looked through the seed catalogs this winter, these purple beans fascinated me. The garlic is nearly ready to be pulled, but it's the purple beans that win the prize for being the first harvested of the newbies. This summer, we're growing Brussels sprouts, red okra, pole beans, garlic, round carrots and purple beans. The Cutest Little Carrots You've Ever SeenĮvery year, I try to grow something new and unusual (to me) in our gardens.
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