Broad beans

BensGrandad · Jul 26, 2015

It always amazes me why runner beans are so expensive yesterday the market stall in BH they were £2 a pound but when I had my plot used to give them to family and neighbours by the carrier bag full as we had so many for a few months. Must look for a pick your own in the area, any ideas where?

Westdene Seagull · Jul 26, 2015

Dougie said:
My French beans have been brilliant this year , heaviest crop ever .( Memo to ones self ) stagger the planting next year as beans most nights gets a bit repetitive

I've made this before - lovely with cheeses and cold meats. http://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/169/pickled-french-beans-recipe/

BensGrandad · Jul 26, 2015

Apparently Oakgates Farm in Scaynes Hill has a lot of of PYO. Must give it a try.

Return of the Rev · Jul 26, 2015

BensGrandad said:
Apparently Oakgates Farm in Scaynes Hill has a lot of of PYO. Must give it a try.

Let us know how it goes! :facepalm:

knocky1 · Jul 26, 2015

Westdene Seagull said:
I've made this before - lovely with cheeses and cold meats. http://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/169/pickled-french-beans-recipe/

You're not a beardy hipster are you? Having a bad crop this year but will bear in mind the pickling for the future. Will substitute apple cider vinegar for the white vinegar. Pickled excess asparagus this year. Wasn't bad but the green colour goes into the pickle leaving a off white looking asparagus.

Westdene Seagull · Jul 26, 2015

knocky1 said:
You're not a beardy hipster are you?

How bloody dare you :lolol:

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?319433-Will-hipsters-save-the-world&highlight=hipster

Pickling any vegetable that you have an over supply of is worth it. I love making red onion chutney. Having just got some chickens I think I'll try pickled eggs soon. Shit, now I really sound like a Hipster ..... or Tom Good.

knocky1 · Jul 26, 2015

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Westdene Seagull said:
How bloody dare you

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?319433-Will-hipsters-save-the-world&highlight=hipster

Pickling any vegetable that you have an over supply of is worth it. I love making red onion chutney. Having just got some chickens I think I'll try pickled eggs soon. Shit, now I really sound like a Hipster ..... or Tom Good.

Hmm you are certainly not too keen on them, Unless you're full of self loathing!
Have bottled strawberries, black currants, gooseberries this week. Would like to make a home grown picalilli but all the veg is fresh at different times. May have to freeze the earlier stuff for that.

beorhthelm · Jul 26, 2015

Westdene Seagull said:
How bloody dare you

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?319433-Will-hipsters-save-the-world&highlight=hipster

Pickling any vegetable that you have an over supply of is worth it. I love making red onion chutney. Having just got some chickens I think I'll try pickled eggs soon. Shit, now I really sound like a Hipster ..... or Tom Good.

you're in safe Tom Good territory. hipsters would be pickling with peruvian peppercorns.

Cheshire Cat · Jul 26, 2015

Broad bean crop was fine this year, but I couldn't get the runner beans to germinate let alone produce anything. Maybe tried when it was too wet and cold as all the seeds rotted away to nothing.

Dougie · Jul 26, 2015

Westdene Seagull said:
I've made this before - lovely with cheeses and cold meats. http://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/169/pickled-french-beans-recipe/

Thanks for that , I might give it a go .

vegster · Jul 26, 2015

BensGrandad said:
It always amazes me why runner beans are so expensive yesterday the market stall in BH they were £2 a pound but when I had my plot used to give them to family and neighbours by the carrier bag full as we had so many for a few months. Must look for a pick your own in the area, any ideas where?

Someone once told me that commercial grown Runners are ground growing so they don't produce that many pods, and they have to be picked by hand, that ramps the price up. As most of us know, if you stake them up you get tons of beans which are always less gnarled and pithy than the shop bought overpriced ones.

The Brighton Bear · Jul 26, 2015

Notters said:
I doubt it. Mine go in the compost bin. I noticed there are lots of fields full of them round ringmer way.

Fields full of compost bins?

edna krabappel · Jul 26, 2015

FOUR PAGES on BEANS?? :ohmy:

vegster · Jul 26, 2015

edna krabappel said:
FOUR PAGES on BEANS??

Surely you are aware that beans are often responsible for a considerable amount of hot air ?

Jim in the West · Jul 26, 2015

edna krabappel said:
FOUR PAGES on BEANS??

The wonder of NSC!

Hampster Gull · Jul 26, 2015

BensGrandad · Jul 31, 2015

BensGrandad said:
Apparently Oakgates Farm in Scaynes Hill has a lot of of PYO. Must give it a try.

Return of the Rev said:
Let us know how it goes!

Rubbish they had PYO Raspberries, Strawberries and Logan berries apparently but all finished now The Runners are to order only not PYO and are as dear or dearer than the major supermarkets at £2 per lb. Must look on the internet for somewhere else better.

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