Runner beans
 

I cut up and froze them all. I eat them maybe twice a week and will
probably have them on Christmas day. Alongside brussels..which I've never
been very successful at.
have you seen the price of runner beans in the supermarket?
I grow Enorma, helped along with lots of chicken muck from my hens. I dig a
trench and fill it with newpapers and anything that can hold water and put
the chicken muck on top and then soak it for hours. back fill it with soil.
then plant the young beans (6 inches high) on top of it. They race away and
crop like mad.

Runner beans
 

Christina we go along with everything you say. As the urglers who visit us
know, we only have a small garden and our row of Enorma is a double row,
just 5 feet long, but this year we harvested 32.25 lbs. We compost the
ground copiously and they are very near to the 5 water butts linked across
the back of the garage so they are watered copiously.

Ready with the same routine again.

Merry Christmas to you Christine and all urglers and thank you for the
messages of goodwill ;-)

Mike
South East Coast of the Isle of Wight



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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

I cut up and froze them all. I eat them maybe twice a week and will
probably have them on Christmas day. Alongside brussels..which I've never
been very successful at.
have you seen the price of runner beans in the supermarket?
I grow Enorma, helped along with lots of chicken muck from my hens. I dig a
trench and fill it with newpapers and anything that can hold water and put
the chicken muck on top and then soak it for hours. back fill it with soil.
then plant the young beans (6 inches high) on top of it. They race away and
crop like mad.

Runner beans
 

"Christina Websell" wrote

I cut up and froze them all. I eat them maybe twice a week and will
probably have them on Christmas day. Alongside brussels..which I've never
been very successful at.
have you seen the price of runner beans in the supermarket?
I grow Enorma, helped along with lots of chicken muck from my hens. I dig a
trench and fill it with newpapers and anything that can hold water and put
the chicken muck on top and then soak it for hours. back fill it with soil.
then plant the young beans (6 inches high) on top of it. They race away
and crop like mad.



Neither of us like frozen Runners. we have peas to last us over a year but
any surplus runners went onto the compost heap.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

Runner beans
 

In article ,
says...
Neither of us like frozen Runners. we have peas to last us over a year but
any surplus runners went onto the compost heap.
-


I think it is a bit of an aquired taste. We freeze ours asap
after picking, by slicing them as for cooking, blanching for
about 2 mins in boiling water, then cooloing in cold water.
Leave to dry for as long as possible, or dry with clean tea
towel then open freeze.

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Runner beans
 

"Roger Tonkin" wrote


says...
Neither of us like frozen Runners. we have peas to last us over a year
but
any surplus runners went onto the compost heap.
-


I think it is a bit of an aquired taste. We freeze ours asap
after picking, by slicing them as for cooking, blanching for
about 2 mins in boiling water, then cooloing in cold water.
Leave to dry for as long as possible, or dry with clean tea
towel then open freeze.


We have tried different ways to freeze them and the results are always the
same, once cooked and tasted they go in the bin.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

Runner beans
 

In article ,
Bob Hobden wrote:
"Roger Tonkin" wrote

says...
Neither of us like frozen Runners. we have peas to last us over a year
but any surplus runners went onto the compost heap.

I think it is a bit of an aquired taste. We freeze ours asap
after picking, by slicing them as for cooking, blanching for
about 2 mins in boiling water, then cooloing in cold water.
Leave to dry for as long as possible, or dry with clean tea
towel then open freeze.

We have tried different ways to freeze them and the results are always the
same, once cooked and tasted they go in the bin.

We did that once, now we don't bother. But we tend to use overblown
ones for soup and give away younger surplus, so we don't compost a
lot. Of course, our consumption of vegetables is quite large.
But I fully agree that they are a complete waste of time to freeze.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Runner beans
 

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
We have tried different ways to freeze them and the results are always the same, once
cooked and tasted they go in the bin.

I haven't even tried to freeze them for years, even those that the
seed merchants recommend for freezing are only worth putting
in the bin - as you say Bob.
The best way to keep runner beans is the old fashioned way of
salting them down. Slice them and layer them with salt in a large
stone jar. We always had them at Christmas and as far as I can
remember (it was quite a long time ago!) they were excellent.

Phil

Runner beans
 

On 24/12/2014 00:28, philgurr wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
We have tried different ways to freeze them and the results are always the same, once
cooked and tasted they go in the bin.

I haven't even tried to freeze them for years, even those that the
seed merchants recommend for freezing are only worth putting
in the bin - as you say Bob.
The best way to keep runner beans is the old fashioned way of
salting them down. Slice them and layer them with salt in a large
stone jar. We always had them at Christmas and as far as I can
remember (it was quite a long time ago!) they were excellent.

Phil


I seem to remember that the best bean to grow for freezing was Blue
Lake, a climbing French Bean

Runner beans
 

In article ,
David wrote:
On 24/12/2014 00:28, philgurr wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
We have tried different ways to freeze them and the results are always the same, once
cooked and tasted they go in the bin.

I haven't even tried to freeze them for years, even those that the
seed merchants recommend for freezing are only worth putting
in the bin - as you say Bob.
The best way to keep runner beans is the old fashioned way of
salting them down. Slice them and layer them with salt in a large
stone jar. We always had them at Christmas and as far as I can
remember (it was quite a long time ago!) they were excellent.

If you are a salt addict :-( Yes, they are fine, but the salt level
is far too high for me.

I seem to remember that the best bean to grow for freezing was Blue
Lake, a climbing French Bean

Any blue bean is similar. We now grow only runners and climbing
blue beans for eating young, plus drying varieties.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Runner beans
 

"David" wrote in message
...
On 24/12/2014 00:28, philgurr wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
We have tried different ways to freeze them and the results are always
the same, once
cooked and tasted they go in the bin.

I haven't even tried to freeze them for years, even those that the
seed merchants recommend for freezing are only worth putting
in the bin - as you say Bob.
The best way to keep runner beans is the old fashioned way of
salting them down. Slice them and layer them with salt in a large
stone jar. We always had them at Christmas and as far as I can
remember (it was quite a long time ago!) they were excellent.

Phil


I seem to remember that the best bean to grow for freezing was Blue Lake,
a climbing French Bean

:) They are the seeds I have bought for next year:))

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

Runner beans
 

On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:03:48 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

"Christina Websell" wrote

I cut up and froze them all. I eat them maybe twice a week and will
probably have them on Christmas day. Alongside brussels..which I've never
been very successful at.
have you seen the price of runner beans in the supermarket?
I grow Enorma, helped along with lots of chicken muck from my hens. I dig a
trench and fill it with newpapers and anything that can hold water and put
the chicken muck on top and then soak it for hours. back fill it with soil.
then plant the young beans (6 inches high) on top of it. They race away
and crop like mad.



Neither of us like frozen Runners. we have peas to last us over a year but
any surplus runners went onto the compost heap.

Ditto. I have never liked runner beans once frozen. What is the
secret?

Runner beans
 

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
" wrote in message
...
We have tried different ways to freeze them and the results are always
the same, once
cooked and tasted they go in the bin.

I haven't even tried to freeze them for years, even those that the
seed merchants recommend for freezing are only worth putting
in the bin - as you say Bob.
The best way to keep runner beans is the old fashioned way of
salting them down. Slice them and layer them with salt in a large
stone jar. We always had them at Christmas and as far as I can
remember (it was quite a long time ago!) they were excellent.

If you are a salt addict :-( Yes, they are fine, but the salt level
is far too high for me.

My grandfather always used to salt his runners beans in jars (no freezers
then) and his only Christmas gift to us when I was a child was a jar of
salted runner beans. No matter how long my mother ran them through cold
water, they were always too salty to eat.
I wouldn't dream of trying to eat them preserved like that now, unless I
wanted to give myself high blood pressure :-)

Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds. I find frozen runner
beans, chopped for the pot (diagonally in small slices of course) and frozen
immediately in portion bags (I don't bother with blanching), perhaps not
quite the same as fresh ones, but quite acceptable.

Runner beans
 

Spot on Christina. That is exactly what we do.

Mike

.................................................. ................
'Ask not what the Theatre can do for you,
but what you can do for the Theatre'
www.friendsofshanklintheatre.co.uk











"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
" wrote in message
...
We have tried different ways to freeze them and the results are always
the same, once
cooked and tasted they go in the bin.

I haven't even tried to freeze them for years, even those that the
seed merchants recommend for freezing are only worth putting
in the bin - as you say Bob.
The best way to keep runner beans is the old fashioned way of
salting them down. Slice them and layer them with salt in a large
stone jar. We always had them at Christmas and as far as I can
remember (it was quite a long time ago!) they were excellent.

If you are a salt addict :-( Yes, they are fine, but the salt level
is far too high for me.

My grandfather always used to salt his runners beans in jars (no freezers
then) and his only Christmas gift to us when I was a child was a jar of
salted runner beans. No matter how long my mother ran them through cold
water, they were always too salty to eat.
I wouldn't dream of trying to eat them preserved like that now, unless I
wanted to give myself high blood pressure :-)

Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds. I find frozen runner
beans, chopped for the pot (diagonally in small slices of course) and frozen
immediately in portion bags (I don't bother with blanching), perhaps not
quite the same as fresh ones, but quite acceptable.

Runner beans
 

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:03:48 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

"Christina Websell" wrote

I cut up and froze them all. I eat them maybe twice a week and will
probably have them on Christmas day. Alongside brussels..which I've
never
been very successful at.
have you seen the price of runner beans in the supermarket?
I grow Enorma, helped along with lots of chicken muck from my hens. I dig
a
trench and fill it with newpapers and anything that can hold water and
put
the chicken muck on top and then soak it for hours. back fill it with
soil.
then plant the young beans (6 inches high) on top of it. They race away
and crop like mad.



Neither of us like frozen Runners. we have peas to last us over a year but
any surplus runners went onto the compost heap.

Ditto. I have never liked runner beans once frozen. What is the
secret?

Dunno, I cut them up, put them in the freezer, and they are great for me for
months. Yes, they are not *quite* the same as fresh but still nice.
I have no idea about why other people's freezing of runner beans causes them
to say they wouldn't do it again. Mine are good even now and I think I will
be eating them into Springtime.
And then I will plant them again..

Runner beans
 

""I have no idea about why other people's freezing of runner beans causes
them
to say they wouldn't do it again.""

They have got to have something to moan about? ... ;-)

Mike

.................................................. ................
'Ask not what the Theatre can do for you,
but what you can do for the Theatre'
www.friendsofshanklintheatre.co.uk






"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...


"Pam Moore" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:03:48 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

"Christina Websell" wrote

I cut up and froze them all. I eat them maybe twice a week and will
probably have them on Christmas day. Alongside brussels..which I've
never
been very successful at.
have you seen the price of runner beans in the supermarket?
I grow Enorma, helped along with lots of chicken muck from my hens. I dig
a
trench and fill it with newpapers and anything that can hold water and
put
the chicken muck on top and then soak it for hours. back fill it with
soil.
then plant the young beans (6 inches high) on top of it. They race away
and crop like mad.



Neither of us like frozen Runners. we have peas to last us over a year but
any surplus runners went onto the compost heap.

Ditto. I have never liked runner beans once frozen. What is the
secret?

Dunno, I cut them up, put them in the freezer, and they are great for me for
months. Yes, they are not *quite* the same as fresh but still nice.
I have no idea about why other people's freezing of runner beans causes them
to say they wouldn't do it again. Mine are good even now and I think I will
be eating them into Springtime.
And then I will plant them again..