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BensGrandad

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• Jul 25, 2015

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I love Broad Beans but wonder can you use the pods asa vegetable if so how do you cook them. Any ideas. My favourite vegetable though is home grown runner beans.

 

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Mileoakman

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• Jul 25, 2015

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Never tried them myself but these look promising:

www.abelandcole.co.uk/recipes/beansbroad

 

Carrot Cruncher

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• Jul 25, 2015

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You shouldn't eat them but instead use them as bivouacs for woodlice.

 

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AmexRuislip

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• Jul 25, 2015

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BensGrandad said:

I love Broad Beans but wonder can you use the pods asa vegetable if so how do you cook them. Any ideas. My favourite vegetable though is home grown runner beans.

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Again never tried, hope this helps


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-57415/Is-true-broad-bean-pods-edible.html

 

SIMMO SAYS

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BensGrandad said:

I love Broad Beans but wonder can you use the pods asa vegetable if so how do you cook them. Any ideas. My favourite vegetable though is home grown runner beans.

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I thought your wife was a good cook

 

Wrong-Direction

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Crikey really scraping the bottom of the barrel now, roll on the footy

 

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BensGrandad

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SIMMO SAYS said:

I thought your wife was a good cook

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She is but never even thought about cooking the pods, she doesnt even like the actual beans.

 

SIMMO SAYS

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Wrong-Direction said:

Crikey really scraping the bottom of the barrel now, roll on the footy

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Mums says eating your greens makes you regular

 

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Cheshire Cat

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Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...

• Jul 25, 2015

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Broad beans are the food of the Gods - not so sure about the pods though, might be a bit tough and stringy.

 

Notters

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

 

vegster

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I think you can eat them whole, pods and all untill they get about as fat as a finger then they start getting tough. Mind you, they are crap beans, almost all other varieties of bean are more edible than Broads.

 

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knocky1

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Carrot Cruncher said:

You shouldn't eat them but instead use them as bivouacs for woodlice.

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.....or allow ants to cover them in black fly so that they can then milk them....
A great bean but this year had worst harvest in 15 years. Have heard of the top green leaf tips being eaten but not the pods.

 

Dolph Ins

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• Jul 25, 2015

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My mum used to cut the pod between the young beans and steam pod and all. One of my favorite veg, but they do have to be young.

 

Justice

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• Jul 25, 2015

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BensGrandad said:

I love Broad Beans but wonder can you use the pods asa vegetable if so how do you cook them. Any ideas. My favourite vegetable though is home grown runner beans.

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Are you thinking about cooking for nine people again for 20p a week?

 

The Merry Prankster

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• Jul 26, 2015

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vegster said:

Mind you, they are crap beans, almost all other varieties of bean are more edible than Broads.

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So very, very wrong.

 

Brighton TID

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• Jul 26, 2015

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Carrot Cruncher said:

You shouldn't eat them but instead use them as bivouacs for woodlice.

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Or turn the pods inside out to expose the fluffy interior so that earwigs can use them as chaise longues.

 

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Diablo

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• Jul 26, 2015

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When out and asked do you like Broad Beans I am wary...I love them when approx twice the size of a pea...detest them when big old and tough skins..somewhat like runner beans and peas...small good big bad.

 

Dougie

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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

 

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knocky1

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Diablo said:

When out and asked do you like Broad Beans I am wary...I love them when approx twice the size of a pea...detest them when big old and tough skins..somewhat like runner beans and peas...small good big bad.

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Agree with the runners being small but like older and harder broad beans and peas as much as the soft small new ones.
What a great thread!

 

8ace

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• Jul 26, 2015

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Broad beans are much nicer raw.