beans?

[Kirstykbart]

hiya,

I'm just about to be getting to the point of harvesting some beans. They are buff valentine dwarf beans. Anyway, confession time. I've never *ever* cooked fresh beans before so I've no idea what I need to do, what to eat them with etc. Can anyone help??

Cheers

[Andy Hamilton]

not sure about dwarf beans as this is the first time I have grown them and they are not nearly ready.

With runners I chop the little ends off and cut them up then steam them. With broad beans I pop them out like peas and steam them. I sometimes add some cumin and chopped fresh corriander to give them a bit of extra flavour. give me a month or two to anwser this question properally.

[den_the_cat]

are they dwarf french beans? (long thing green ones) - if so just top and tail them and then boil or steam them for a few minutes until just tender - and eat them like any other veg. They also work well in quiches and they're great warm with lemon squeezed over them but also really really good chilled in a minty sauce as a tapas.

I think the above works for most beans but I don't like broad beans unless they're picked about 10 seconds before and eaten raw so all I can say of they're that type is eat them young and quick!

[Kirstykbart]

thanks for the replies for this (feel terribly daft for not knowing all this stuff!! ;) I had the 2 fully grown ones tonight for dinner, well 4 yo dd nicked one off me . Anyway, just boiled them for a few mins with peas and they were lovely!

Kirsty