Runner beans

[JoeCocker]

I have had a good season growing these and really don't know what to do with the rest, ie just freeze them or let them go dry for seeds for next year. I was wondering can the beans inside be ate like bettrolli beans, it would make a nice change and be useful for winter stews.

Rivercottage was saying the Bettrolli beans can be ate like runner beans early on, so i wondered if the reverse applied?

[JoeCocker]

[thifasmom]

yes they can and after trying them i would have to say they are delish.

[qahtan]

I found this on Garden Web if it's any help.qahtan


The dried beans are perfectly edible, tasting much like butter beans, but they are not particularly attractive - their interesting color pales to gray, the flesh of the bean is also gray.

[JoeCocker]

Thank you all, i'll try drying some out

[macmac]

can these beans be eaten fresh boiled without drying first?? our beans got blown over and ive got some of them unpodded in a bucket, they're not dry and sadly never will dry but could i cook them ?and if so how long ?

[thifasmom]

can these beans be eaten fresh boiled without drying first?? our beans got blown over and ive got some of them unpodded in a bucket, they're not dry and sadly never will dry but could i cook them ?and if so how long ?

yes thats how i first used them last year.