Them Beans Be Broad!

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Saturday 05 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike

Broad Beans are boring… (or so I thought). Little did I know as a whinging kid back in the UK that one day I’d grow up to be an old geezer who loved growing and scoffing Broad Beans!!

I plant a fairly big patch every year, but don’t get a great deal of produce as we never use sprays. But we get enough 🙂

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These small/young pods are so tender that we eat the lot. They steam very easily and are absolutely delicious served with fresh dill.

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The rest are left to grow to full sized pods.

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We usually get enough to freeze down quite a few bags of them, once blanched. They taste very good, even from frozen – use the small ones in omletes – sounds bizarre, but scrumptious!

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Seems not that long ago I planted the seeds and saw these first signs of life.

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