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Old 06-06-2007, 09:25 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Runner beans for dinner 8 days a week!


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"David \(Normandy\)" writes:
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| Are the beans worth drying and saving for use in stews or chillies over
| Winter or are runner bean beans the wrong variety for this - most of them
| are the variety 'streamline'?

They aren't the usual ones used, but are fine. Soak them and throw
away the water, to defart them, and remember to cook them for at least
15 minutes at a boil. But otherwise they are just larger versions of
the dried beans we are used to.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.