broad beans..how?

[suzycreamcheese]

do you steam them?

have cut them,dont know why now
do you eat the whole thing or jsut bean?

help...tai!

are you joking?
Get them out the pods and boil them for 2-3 mins til cooked. Eat with butter and black pepper. Yum

Are you sure they are broad beans, not runner?

Runners you eat the whole thing. Broads have fluffy pods inside.

oh crikey..er..
long flattish...bumpy beans
white bean inside
whats fluffy beans???

fluffy pods not beans.

Have you worked out what they are yet?
broad bean

runner bean

Hope they weren't poisonous

You pod them, then we steam them for a bit then stick in a frying pan with chopped up bacon and onions mmmmm

But they might be runner beans flipperty. Need to get suzy back and check the beans first.
Bet she has eaten them already.

hathor..they dont look like either!
well, a bit like teh first if i'm pushed
help!
is there a flat bean?

dh and i dont eat til late no stomach pumping....yet..

thanks for help ladies

hathor they look like the first ones but much flatter
come and save me dinner

hey guys dont ignore me now...!

i think they are broad have shelled em but ther e are only about 6 of them! wtf do i do now

kind of half arsed meal anyhow staying at home for the maggot man to come too sunny to shop next day..
..brown rice mackerel buttered leeks and er unidentified 6 beans...think there is more in fridge...

Sorry Suzy no idea what they are. Hope they were tasty!

m-m-maggot man?

You have to tell me what that is, or it will prey on me for the rest of the afternoon.

hathor..i saw them in supermarket yesterday as stringless beans...
we did them steamed, half in shells and the handful of beans! and yes,were tasty! would do it again!

ha ha ..the maggot man...was just my name for rentokil...something dead in loft am afraid and maggots made it to my bathroom extractor..
you were right to shudder we baled out on sunday when it happened!

all okay now though expect to come open door to clouds of flies....but so far no more horror

if broad beans are still small with about two beans you steam them whole like runners, when they are bigger you de-pod them and steam.

have grown some this yr for the first time hence the knowledge

And the water goes RED if you boil them! I thought the pan was full or cranberry juice!

thanks rebelmum lilred
i have 'bean'educated! ladies i thank you