{"id":29544,"date":"2019-08-08T13:39:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T13:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=29544"},"modified":"2019-08-08T13:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T13:39:41","slug":"a-wealth-of-runner-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=29544","title":{"rendered":"A wealth of runner beans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been bringing produce home from the allotment most days. At the moment though the most prolific produce is runner beans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29553\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29553\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29553\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29553\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29553\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-days-harvest-of-beans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-days-harvest-of-beans.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-days-harvest-of-beans-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-days-harvest-of-beans-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A day&#8217;s harvest of runner beans<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every visit we bring home this many runner beans and that still leaves loads more to be picked by the two families that we share the plot with.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29556\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29556\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29556\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29556\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-long-bean.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-long-bean.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-long-bean-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-long-bean-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the beans are more than a foot long<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I prefer to pick them smaller than this but some get to this size so quickly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29557\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29557\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29557\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29557\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-pan-of-beans-ready-to-cook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-pan-of-beans-ready-to-cook.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-pan-of-beans-ready-to-cook-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-pan-of-beans-ready-to-cook-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pan of beans ready to cook<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have cooked them and divided them into portions for the freezer. Some people don&#8217;t like beans when they have been frozen. I cook them just as I like to eat them and freeze them in portions that are enough for the two of us.<\/p>\n<p>When I take them out of the freezer I put them in a small oven dish and cover them in foil. I then put them in the oven, along side of whatever I have cooking in the oven, for the last fifteen minutes of cooking time.<\/p>\n<p>I find that they are just the same this way as if they have just been cooked. We have also been giving our next door neighbours some too. There are plenty to go round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been bringing produce home from the allotment most days. At the moment though the most prolific produce is runner beans. 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