# I have Beans! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089 "2008-04-27T15:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/1 "2008-04-27T15:03:18Z")
[Royal Burgundy Beans](http://picasaweb.google.com/adamjprawlocki/Gardening/photo#5193939021773353858) to be specific. These probably the prettiest darn food I’ve ever grown. I was expecting burgundy, I was surprised to see they are so deeply purple. What an incredible treat, and the bushes are absolutely loaded down with immature beans. The ones in the bowl were just the early birds. They turn bright green when you cook them! ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/2 "2008-04-27T15:08:04Z")
Oooh… they’re GORGEOUS! Too bad they go green when cooked… just think how easy it would be to get the kids to eat their veggies if you handed them a pile of purple beans. 🙂 We’re still in danger of frost overnight up here in Canadia, so I’m impatiently counting down until I can get my own beans into the ground. We were going with the basics this year - green beans (bush) and wax beans (climber)… but now I’m pondering if there’s still time to get my paws on some of those gorgeous purple ones. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/3 "2008-04-27T15:14:50Z")
Easily. you can order them online and they have them at both home depot and lowes. They came up in 5 days here, and grew like weeds. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/4 "2008-04-27T15:24:50Z")
**AcidLamp** , a dude who works with hubby grows these, and he gave us some last year. _Crikey_, are they good! They are just as good raw as they are cooked (in salads, etc.). I told him to be sure and plant extra this year. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/5 "2008-04-27T15:37:41Z")
Lucky dog! They’re beautiful. Oh, the minestrone they would make… Does anyone here have experience with favas? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/6 "2008-04-27T16:03:12Z")
They look like magic beans! Very cool plant. Edited to add: your trellis is also very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/7 "2008-04-27T17:30:10Z")
Thanks for the encouragement, I am taking that bowl of beans, along with another of the early eggplants over to Mum and Dads for (Eastern Orthodox) Easter Dinner this afternoon. I figured you could eat them raw, just like the normal type. I had a BAD experience with cranberry beans, which YOU MUST COOK. That has been my only misstep in my raw foods enthusiasm. I guess that my grazing on the beans as I collect them won’t bother me then. Sweet! Fresh sliced purple beans with just a little dressing to dip them in! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/8 "2008-04-28T01:06:28Z")
That makes me want to cry. I still can’t plant. The garden is mud and tomorrow we have snow and rain again. I got out the beans again today, and there was no way I could plant any. I do have some flowering peppers that are in pots. I wonder if I’ll have them planted before I start harvesting them. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/9 "2008-04-28T02:16:00Z")
It’s already officially summer around here in “Acid Lamp and Nashiitashii” Land. I’d gladly enjoy a day that didn’t involve temperatures in the mid-80s in late April, but I’m not so sure about this “snow” stuff you keep mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/10 "2008-04-28T15:03:45Z")
Me, too, **nashiitashii**. Me, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-beans/447089/11 "2008-04-28T16:36:02Z")
I’ve had those, once. I was told they turn green when you cook them, and so I cooked the first batch to green and not to when my nose told me they were done. Ew. However, it was fun to eat the rest of the ones I bought at perfectly done to the “sniff test” and still purple or mottled!