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David Hill · 29-06-2013, 09:04 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 28/06/2013 23:24, wrote:
In article ,
David Hill wrote:
On 28/06/2013 16:12, Jim S wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:35:12 GMT, Baz wrote:

How right they were. Absolutely delicious.

Baz

Before the 'fur' develops tho'

As I said before, pick them when they are finger size, and slice as you
would runner beans.
I know I've been eating them since the late 40's

If you let runner beans get large enough to need slicing, you have
picked them too late :-)

We have tried broad beans like that, and feel that they are a waste
of pods. They are OK, but the young beans are better. But broad
bean tops come for free ....

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

But if you don't actually like broad beans then picking the young pods
gives you a sliced green bean a few weeks before your runners or French
beans come into crop.