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June 1, 2017

Purple Green Beans

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When I was a little girl, my grandparents pretty much grew it or they didn’t eat it. At least you know where I got this crazy idea that we should grow all our own food.  ๐Ÿ™‚

My dad sometimes had a garden and sometimes didn’t. He was more into raising meat. He had rabbits, quail, pheasant – things that he butchered and we ate. He also had peacocks. I wonder if we ate those. I probably don’t want to know. At our house, we ate storebought green beans and I remember hating it when my grandma fixed green beans because they were not like the green beans we were used to having. At some point, I realized that the home grown green beans were not so bad. I still like anasazi beans, purple hull peas and cream peas better than I like green beans but I LOVE those other beans.

Purple Beans

My friend, Dianne, had sent me these purple bean seeds. They’re actually Purple Pod Bush Beans, though I have mine growing on a trellis and they’re climbing right up the fence. The write up about them says they’re ready in 56 days and that’s pretty much exactly how long it took mine to begin being ready to be picked. This year I planted a few seeds of a variety of beans just to see which ones did well and which ones we like best. So far, the only two we’ve tried are the borlotto that I wrote about the other day and these and both are definitely winners.

Purple Beans

The inside of these beans is green and as soon as they get in hot water, they turn green, and look exactly like regular green beans. 

Canned Beans

Last night I picked anasazi beans, shelled those, snapped the purple beans and canned them all this morning. Four pints of each but I cooked an additional 3 pints of green beans – some for our lunch and some for the soup I’m making. I believe the canner is going to be busy, along with the canning lady, for the next few weeks.

 

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  1. Connie Robison says

    June 1, 2017 at 2:56 pm

    I remember being little and picking purple green beans from my grandpa’s garden. I was so disappointed that they turned green when my granny cooked them. Thanks for the happy memory.

  2. Dianne Smith says

    June 1, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    So happy you like them. We call them our magic beans….lol

  3. Paula (Texas) says

    June 2, 2017 at 8:19 am

    I bought a book to learn how to can. Not that I have enough to can yet. Been too busy trying to make two baby quilts to even open it yet. So envious of your skill.

  4. CHERYL says

    June 2, 2017 at 8:41 am

    Alway love hearing about your adventures whether in the kitchen, garden or in life! Hope things smooth out for you!

  5. Joyce says

    June 2, 2017 at 9:13 am

    My mother always canned green beans. I never cared too much for them, because (in my mind) they were mushy. I liked my grandmother’s home canned beans even less, because they waited to pick them until they were full of shellies. I thought they were tough and stringy. I preferred them fresh cooked and about the size of a pencil. My mother and I were surprised years later when my dad admitted he didn’t care for home canned green beans all that much either! At that point my mother quit canning them…and wanted to know why he had not told her that years before! They’re still best as fresh green beans with new potatoes and a little bacon added in. That’s the only way to eat them! ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. The Eclectic Abuela says

    June 2, 2017 at 9:38 am

    I love home-canned green beans, and I’ve never grown anything but the purple ones–yum!

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