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Does Anyone Have Nice Green Beans Yet?

ECBG — Sat, 23 May 2020 21:23:11 GMT

Love fresh green beans, not the type that have a lot of the bean part, but the green part. Unfortunately, our store has partnered with a local farmer that does a young green bean that you could just steam in the frying pan-the width is still smaller than your little finger.

To string these beans is SO labor intensive, but they're often a favorite vegetable with everyone.

I really prefer a flat bean called "pole beans". Last spring they were just over $3.00 at Publix which I don't usually shop.

pole beans.

Re: Does Anyone Have Nice Green Beans Yet?

4kitties — Sat, 23 May 2020 21:32:08 GMT

I am in Central Illinois and our local green beans are not mature yet. I get my local ones from a farm here. They are organic and are the best green beans I have ever eaten. I buy a bag every week they are available and pig out on them!😊😊😊. I do not know what variety they are but they are amazingly delicious.

I did get a bag of organic green beans on my last Costco run. They are pretty good.

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ScrapHappy — Sat, 23 May 2020 21:33:53 GMT

We planted green beans last year in our garden for the first time. They did so poorly we didn't even bother this year. I live in the Southeast.

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PA Mom-mom — Sat, 23 May 2020 21:49:04 GMT

@ECBG Way too early here in eastern PA. I usually plant Burpee bush beans, like Bush Blue Lake 47. They are not flat and are considered string beans, but you don't string them. There is nothing better than fresh picked green beans steamed with butter and salt for just a few minutes!

Re: Does Anyone Have Nice Green Beans Yet?

ECBG — Sat, 23 May 2020 22:01:59 GMT

@PA Mom-mom wrote:
@ECBG Way too early here in eastern PA. I usually plant Burpee bush beans, like Bush Blue Lake 47. They are not flat and are considered string beans, but you don't string them. There is nothing better than fresh picked green beans steamed with butter and salt for just a few minutes!

@PA Mom-mom LOVE fresh green beans with fresh sliced tomatoes!!!

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fthunt — Sat, 23 May 2020 22:37:13 GMT

Pole Beans - by chance to give them a try last year at Farmer's Market.........I fell in love. Now regular string ones have taken second place on my plate.....but fresh ones still welcome for dinner any time.

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ECBG — Sun, 24 May 2020 00:12:29 GMT

@fthunt wrote:
Pole Beans - by chance to give them a try last year at Farmer's Market.........I fell in love. Now regular string ones have taken second place on my plate.....but fresh ones still welcome for dinner any time.

@fthunt Thank you. I plan to. We always have a freeze here around Mother's Day and family gardens are told to wait to plant. I don't know about big farms.

Re: Does Anyone Have Nice Green Beans Yet?

RedTop — Sun, 24 May 2020 19:10:13 GMT

Without a greenhouse, fresh vegetables in WV don't happen until late June or July. In my area, potatoes get planted Memorial Day weekend, followed by beans and corn around June 1st, depending on the almanac.

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KatieB — Wed, 27 May 2020 14:00:27 GMT

I love, love, love Pole Beans.. I haven't had them in years though.

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chickenbutt — Wed, 27 May 2020 18:35:30 GMT

The only nice green beans I've found here have been frozen ones in a bag. I think I buy the petite green beans by Birds Eye. They are very nice and do well in the one green bean dish I make from time to time.

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Bridgegal — Fri, 29 May 2020 06:17:14 GMT

I grew up on Kentucky Wonder green beans. They were so good. It's very rare these days that I buy and cook fresh green beans that have much flavor to them. I miss good green beans.