destringing broadbean pods

[sian.griffiths@talk21.com]

does anyone know how to do this, i have a lovely recepe for the pods which starts destring the pods. the dip ends up full of strings so i'm obviously not doing it right.

[Luath]

you use the youngest beans/pods for the dip, there should be no strings. Is it a dip made with broad bean pods? I consider them to be posionous; not drop down dead straight away poisonous, but I certainly wouldn't eat them unless theyw ere very very tiny and new. Just my thoughts.

[Muddypause]

I did broad beans for the first time this year, and I ate the first few beans pods and all - just like french beans, really.

I have a feeling that the later the crop, the less edible the pod will be, and certainly once it is more than the thickness of a small finger I would reckon that the pods are getting beyond it, and should be left for the beans inside to grow. Don't know if they ever become poisonous, though; be interested in hearing more about that.

[Luath]

something to do with the white furry insides, I believe. I never eat them once that is forming, as I've been told forever that they're not good for you. As I said, probably wouldn't quite kill you, but could make you ill.