Drying French Beans

[Chantenay]

Hi - I cannot find an earlier reference on how to dry and use french beans in cooking and I hope someone is willing to write it again for me please.
Mine are still on the vines and getting quite big since I stopped harvesting them but are still green - do I leave them until they dry out or should I hang them in the garage or dry them in the oven?? Do I just store them in a jar? And then do I just soak and cook them as for haricot?

[Chantenay]

[Mrs Ava]

What I do is leave them as long as possible on the plant to dry, then cut the plants and hang them to dry somewhere....shed...garage....  Once the outer coats are really really papery dry, I remove the beans and leave them out on a sheet of kitchen paper for another few days, just to make sure they are really dry, then into a jar they go.  Soak for 24 hours before boiling vigourously.  Going to have some glorious thick beany soups this winter! YUM!!

[Chantenay]

Thanks - you are a goddess! ;D