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    I bought some dried butter beans to add to carrot soup, followed the instructions on the bean packet to soak then boil and they went to mush! Any ideas why? I'll buy a tin next time - they're cheaper.
    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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    Don't know but am suspicious that the dried were more expensive than tinned ones as it's generally very much the other way around. Were they a special quick cook variety (hence the higher price?) as I do exactly as you do and only use tinned for times I'm in a rush or forget to soak.

    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

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    • #3
      They were triple the price of tinned Alison and not quick cook. Soak overnight, boil for 10 minutes, simmer for 40 minutes until just tender. The only thing I might have got wrong is that I shelled them before cooking? Do you GYO?
      Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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      • #4
        I grow borlottis and large runners but not butter beans (not sure of what variety they are to grow). Have bought them dried and they've been really cheap but never shelled them (wouldn't have thought that was easy to do) just soaked overnight and made sure I don't boil the hell out of them when cooking. They can fall apart easier than bolotti but I've not had mush. Suspect the shelling might be significant.

        Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

        Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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        • #5
          Thanks Alison, I shelled them because after soaking, the outer shell was peeling off and I didn't fancy the bits in the soup! As it turned out, I didn't get any beans either They were like broad beans to shell - I had some of them pinging all over the kitchen as I popped them out, so it gave me a giggle) It says on the packet they can be used as an alternative to mashed potato and mine certainly could, no mashing necessary
          Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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          • #6
            Spagna Bianco according to an old 2008 thread on here - a type of lima bean apparently. Well, you learn something new every day
            Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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            • #7
              Butter beans are confusing because they can be either white Lima beans or white runner beans. The Limas are usually from hotter countries e.g. parts of the USA. Butter beans from Europe or Canada are more likely to be runners. Spagna Bianco are in fact runner beans, not Limas. You can usually tell by the shape as Limas are generally flatter than runners. Which kind they are and where they are imported from might affect the price and cooking method. And I think they are supposed to taste different.

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              • #8
                Whatever they are, they're on my on line shopping this week from Tezzies - 4 tins for a pound
                Last edited by Florence Fennel; 18-04-2016, 06:44 AM.
                Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                • #9
                  Yey...I'll be in there on Wednesday....guess what I'll be buying?!!!
                  "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                  Location....Normandy France

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                  • #10
                    Henderson's Relish? Baked Beans? Paint? Smarties?
                    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                    • #11
                      Nah...Butter beans!!
                      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                      Location....Normandy France

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                      • #12
                        Still don't understand the price comparison thing, looked in the supermarket at lunchtime and the a full bag of dried was about the price of two cans but would have made up several times that many when soaked and cooked. All very mysterious

                        Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                        Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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