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Butter beans?

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 14:56

What happened ,did it get deleted? No deletion message that I can see.

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 16:32

Oh God, that sounds lovely!!!

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magimedi · 08/09/2017 16:30

If you like butter beans this is really delicious:

Butter beans & Bacon (for 2 people).

I tin butter beans, drained & rinsed.

Half a pint of cheese sauce made with a good strong cheddar + a tsp of Dijon mustard.

6 (or so) thin cut rashers of streaky bacon.

Heat the butter beans in the cheese sauce until piping hot. Put them in a flat ovenproof dish (or a couple of of individual chafing dishes) , put the bacon on top & put under the grill until the bacon is done - less than 5 mins.

Serve with crusty bread and/or salad.

V calorific, v easy & v comforting. A British tartiflette??

A glass of very cold white wine raises this to ambrosial!

Ginslinger · 08/09/2017 16:27

thanks for flat bread recipe - so sorry to have missed a bean fight though

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 16:25

It's great soupySmile

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Saucery · 08/09/2017 16:23

I make a soup version of that. Even grate cheese on top sometimes but not tried feta.

motherinferior · 08/09/2017 16:18

It sounded both delicious and quite, you know, normal to me. Not OMG HOW REPULSIVE AND OBSCURE A FOODSTUFF I AM VOMITING AS I TYPE.

terrylene · 08/09/2017 16:17

Dear old Bagpuss My favourite story. Probably why my DC like butterbeans - we had them at school as a vegetable Hmm and they were very unpopular (pre-Bagpus era).

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 16:13

Dear old Bagpuss Smile

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Twistmeandturnme · 08/09/2017 16:11

@terrylene
Heave! Heave! Heave!
We will mend it.

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 16:04

I always do it on the job and I used to soak beans over night but unless you get really good quality beens the canned ones work better as they don't fall apart. And it's much quicker too!

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wigglybeezer · 08/09/2017 15:54

Aw user got there first, i was going to show off my knowledge of Bagpuss too!

user1466610574 · 08/09/2017 15:52

terrylene - I love bagpuss too.

terrylene · 08/09/2017 15:48

Butter beans + breadcrumbs = chocolate biscuits Wink

steppemum · 08/09/2017 15:47

dame the flat breads was YOU!!

I bought the greek yog yesterday and still have the window open, we are having them for dinner tonight.

Pity I don't have any visiting children to try them on.
Oh wait, couldn't serve them anyway, they aren't pizza/pasta

ZeroFuchsGiven · 08/09/2017 15:46

Just seen you have posted the thread. Thank You :)

ZeroFuchsGiven · 08/09/2017 15:46

I seen the flatbread one too but forgot to write it down!

TheColonelAdoresPuffins · 08/09/2017 15:46

Thanks Dame. Yum

DixieNormas · 08/09/2017 15:45

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reetgood · 08/09/2017 15:42

It was a version of gigantes plaki (also called gigantes), with the feta added as an addition. There's various versions if you google for it. Quick versions will use tinned, and you can do on a stovetop (I have, prob not as good as oven).

It was one of the most frustrating (and rude) threads everrrrr. I mean damn, so you don't like broad beans. Even the kids managed to say 'I don't like it', not 'urgh disgusting vile I wouldn't eat that if you paid me'.

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 15:41

Also,it IS really nice with sausages too Wink

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 15:40

Serve it with nice bread,big green salad and a bowl of tsatziki. Yum!!

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Maudlinmaud · 08/09/2017 15:40

Happy days. I've screen shot it. I will attempt it at the weekend. Although to be fair, cooking is not my forte. My home economics teacher told me I could burn water Hmm and I've never got over it.

WhichJob · 08/09/2017 15:39

I'm convinced, I'm going to do it for DD this weekends. Any other gems to share with us?

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 15:38

It's SUPER easy,I don't really do complicated food. I chop it and bung it in a pan.

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 08/09/2017 15:37

Gindingaling she was a good eggSmile

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