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Broad Beans – Yum Yum

Posted on 13. Jun, 2008 by Tracey in My Veg Plot

I had a few broad beans just about ready for harvest a few days ago and I just couldn’t help but try them. I twisted the pods off the plant and brought them in for tea.

This is the first time I have ever tried broad beans (I know the general advice is don’t grow something which you know you may not like) but what the heck, growing veg is partly about trying things you’ve never done before and the other part is improving on things you have done before.

So I harvested some broad beans pods and pea pods, shelled them both and boiled in 2 cm of water for 5 minutes until soft. I then added the beans and peas to pasta for a light evening meal. It was delicious, broad beans are definitely for me! good job really as there’s quite a few more pods on the way!

Varieties Harvested:
Broad Beans (The Sutton) and Peas (Douce Provence).