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Greg1959

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That was 52 years old and he did not know how to 'string' and 'break' green beans. He didn't even know that they needed to be 'strung' and 'broke'.

What the heck????

Greg
 
I am 35 green beans are about the only thing I don't put my garden and I don't know what you are talking about I can't standthem tthings
 
now a days folks pick them young and cook them whole. one of my favorite veg from the garden, already have bush and pole beans coming up in mw alabama.
 
Well I know what you are talking about, but have t do e it so would look foolish trying.

Mom took care of the garden and hands off for the rest of is; now they come in a can.... ;)

Paul
 
" but I have never done it"

Sheez, auto spell correct, I can't spell, it can't get it right either, sorry.
 
Some people won't eat it if it:

-Did not say Cluck, Oink or MOO before it died.

-is not cheeze based.

-is not orange/red, as in the color of a tomato.
 
Pete Black- I love pole beans. You ever make "Leather Britches" with pole beans? You sting up with needle and thread and hang out to dry.

Good eatin'

Greg
 
We don't string them or break them, we snap them. Have been doing it every summer for as long as I can remember. We eat them whole but we can 50 quarts each summer and they have to be snapped to go in the jars easily.
Zach
 
I picked, snapped, cut beans by the basket full as a kid. Probly why I don't grow them or eat them. Dad always liked the yellow wax beans hate them too.
 
Zachary Hoyt- What kind of green beans do you grow? I grow 'white half-runners' and you need to string and "snap" them.

I don't really like the flavor or texture of the 'Blue Lake", "Bush Bean" or any other sort.

Dang, it really amazes me about the number of people that have not strung beans.
Thanks for posting.

Greg
 
I can eat green beans 3 ways,hot,cold,raw. As a kid my parents canned 100 quarts or more a year some in half gallons. My sisters and I called mom mean ole dutchess of beans when it was bean snapping time.
 
I have scuffled, pulled, windrowed and combined many beans, none were green or yellow though. Know what I am talking about?
 
never heard of that procedure. this year I planted a different variety; mccaslin pole bean, will have to wait and see. I also planted some heirloom variety pole beans just for fun. supposed to have an abundance of beautiful red flowers that matures into good quality beans.
 
Mom always made us pick them real small - whether green or yeller... so no string developed on them yet.

And she always cut them with a knife - loved her dearly, but she was particular to say the least. :)
 

We grow blue lake, early contender, lewis and a yellow bean I have saved seed back for the last 6 years (not a wax bean). We do U-pick here at the farm, customers wouldn't put up with a "stringy" bean...once in awhile we have people that will pick those old beans for beans and ham. I like mine fresh, slightly steemed with real butter, salt, pepper and diced candy onion. I can make a meal out of them!
 
one of the fond memories of my youth was sitting with sis and mom on the porch snapping beans. when we would go down home (moms side) to visit family, we would sit on the porch and snap beans and talk about everything and nothing. last year i grew bush and pole beans. i prefer bush, no strings and the pole were tougher.
 
For the last several years that we grew a garden of any size, we planted "Tenderette" bush beans. Very prolific and flavorful. Haven't planted anything in five years now and danged garden is half covered in honeysuckle vines and briars! Gonna be a fight to reclaim it.
 
(quoted from post at 19:44:43 04/29/14) I have scuffled, pulled, windrowed and combined many beans, none were green or yellow though. Know what I am talking about?
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yea, but nobody eats those, they just make them into funny looking bricks that no one wants.
 
The only String Bean I liked from my childhood was on HeeHaw!
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Maybe that is where some of the younger people get the idea to wear the pants down to their knees lol.
 
I have the same sweet memory, Jennifer, only it was shelling butterbeans or purple hull peas. It was usually in the cool of the evening, and often relatives or neighbors would stop by and help. Love to do that again.
 
My late Father-in-law expressed his displeasure whenever he was served long beans. He said they came from someone who was too lazy to snap or cut them.
 
I wouldn"t even start a garden if I didn"t have space for a couple of rows of Kentucky Wonder pole beans!

I taught my granddaughter the fine art of breaking and stringing them when she was 8 yrs. old - she loves it. (Of course, I don"t know how she would view it if she had 3 washtubs of just-picked beans to process as my brothers and sisters had to do a couple of times every summer.)
 
I don"t plant any bush beans anymore--makes my back hurt to pick them. I"ve been planting an old heirloom variety called " Rattlesnake" for years. They are green with a purple stripes and stringless if picked 6" or smaller. Mine just starting to come up despite all the rain--16.3" total for April here in Central Mississippi.
 
I "tail" and "snap" my beans...not sure what you're
doing with yours.
I guess it depends on where you're from.
 
I hear ya.

Sort of related - I've been "sprucing" up our home in Dallas. Walked in to Home Depot to the paint dept. and asked the young girl if they had any wall paper. She didn't know what I was talking about.
 
My parents always bought the stringless varieties when buying seed, so all we did was tip and snap them. I'm 56 and don't remember ever stringing beans.
 
Don't really care for them myself, but they are a free food for carb counters. Meaning type 2 diabetics can eat them without worrying about portion size. I like lima beans and peas, so of course they are limited.
 
My wife is a green bean connoisseur, so they have to be from the garden. She is way pickier than I am when it comes to the strings and breaking them.
 
(quoted from post at 02:02:23 04/30/14) Some people won't eat it if it:

-Did not say Cluck, Oink or MOO before it died.
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I stopped by my nephew's house and his wife invited me to stay for supper. I looked at what she was preparing and said no thank you. She jokingly said why, don't you like my cooking? I told her I didn't know how her cooking was, but what she was preparing is what food eats.
 
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