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Post by paquebot on Sept 17, 2019 12:57:44 GMT -5
As a general rule, red vegetable retain their color after cooking as the pigment is permanent. Purple color involves a totally different pigment which is fugitive. I have seen reports of color change after only 20 seconds of boiling. The big mystery is where does the purple go? I might add that purple beans are usually a darker green than green beans when cooked.
Martin
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Post by tallpines on Oct 11, 2019 17:20:39 GMT -5
My pole beans were still attempting to put out more blossoms this week. Picked enough beans for a generous serving for our supper .... and then .... Given our warning for cold nasty weather, this weekend, I went ahead and pulled the vines.
Served them with freshly dug, fried, raw potatoes. YUMMY!
Gotta say, my Kentucky Wonder Pole beans were much more prolific than my Contender Pole Beans.
Potatoes did really poorly this year so need to really appreciated the few we managed to harvest.
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Post by paquebot on Oct 11, 2019 20:50:13 GMT -5
My Purple Pods beans kept going once they began. Pulled some to clear part of their area and left more than enough for seed. Golden Sunshine pole runner is just now filling the pods and not a single dry one yet. Had lots of pretty color for months but not going to add a single bean to the pot.
Martin
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 12, 2019 0:11:50 GMT -5
My Blauhilde are still producing, though they have slowed down. There are a few inside, that I missed, that got too large, so I left them to save the seeds. I have some bush beans; don't even know the variety - some freebie, because I never order them! But I dug them out, and planted them late, around labor day, in the buckets that I had pulled tomatoes from. One of the varieties is showing why I don't like them (besides the fact that I don't like to lean over to harvest!) - They are all the same size at the same time. These are the good types for farmers, that are harvesting by machine, all at once.
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Post by paquebot on Oct 12, 2019 8:30:52 GMT -5
pepperhead212,you have a canning company type of bush bean. All pods have to be the same for harvesting. A farmer friend grew Gold Mine for a canning company. One could sit and simply grab a handful each time and all be the same. In 2011, he received $1,100 per acre. Drought year of 2012 netted $218. Didn't matter if there were only a single pod on a plant. There was no waiting for more to develop. Martin The truth is more important than the facts.
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