http://www.foodonthebrain.net/2008/11/10/freshly-shelled-beans/ Is it wrong when all your conversations end up about food? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:13:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.foodonthebrain.net/2008/11/10/freshly-shelled-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Steve Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:25:54 +0000 http://foodonthebrain.wordpress.com/?p=907#comment-246 I'm glad you enjoyed the cannellini beans. We have been growing them every year for quite awhile. They are our standby shell bean (other than favas). The ones you got were on the end of the season; normally the pods wouldn't get moldy too fast. They are best when the pods are a yellow color and the beans have a light green color - not all the way white (though your photos make the ones you had look pretty good). We also like to shell them out, put them into a double layer of ziploc bags then into the freezer for use all year. By the way,I know you are MV farmers market regulars, so I think you can also get them from one of the market gardeners there who "picked up" the variety after seeing them on our tables when we sold there. Cheers! I’m glad you enjoyed the cannellini beans. We have been growing them every year for quite awhile. They are our standby shell bean (other than favas). The ones you got were on the end of the season; normally the pods wouldn’t get moldy too fast. They are best when the pods are a yellow color and the beans have a light green color – not all the way white (though your photos make the ones you had look pretty good). We also like to shell them out, put them into a double layer of ziploc bags then into the freezer for use all year. By the way,I know you are MV farmers market regulars, so I think you can also get them from one of the market gardeners there who “picked up” the variety after seeing them on our tables when we sold there.
Cheers!

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