# Gardeners/chefs... what beans are these?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-chefs-what-beans-are-these/581977>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 15, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-chefs-what-beans-are-these/581977 "2011-05-15T12:15:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-chefs-what-beans-are-these/581977/1 "2011-05-15T12:15:56Z")

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Any ideas what [these beans](http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2205/beanss.jpg) are? Found them in my seed box and can’t remember who I got them from!

They are just under an inch long, with a terracotta and black colour.

(Mods: I guess this is a GQ but I figure the cooks and gardeners tend to hang out here more).

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-chefs-what-beans-are-these/581977/2 "2011-05-15T12:24:11Z")

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They look like [Anasazi Beans](http://www.google.com/#q=anasazi+beans&hl=en&sa=X&prmd=ivnse&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&ei=xsXPTdjeCqbq0QGYx6mPDg&ved=0CFEQrQQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=7b2a1dda4f65c836) to me.

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**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-chefs-what-beans-are-these/581977/3 "2011-05-15T13:30:46Z")

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They look like scarlet runner beans to me.

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**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-chefs-what-beans-are-these/581977/4 "2011-05-15T13:35:53Z")

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> [@Bewildebeest](#):
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> They look like scarlet runner beans to me.

Cheers, that looks spot on. 🙂