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Drying and shelling of beans? - Vinny - 08-10-2022
Is there an easy way?
Can you thresh them once dried ? If I have to hand shell my beans I will be on forever! 
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - Veggie - 08-10-2022
Just do some of them at a time and play a little game like guessing how many beans will be in the pod or what colour they'll be! That's what I do (when I have beans). Its like opening a present every time.
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - JJB - 09-10-2022
I do mine sitting on the shed step in the sunshine, conning myself I'm doing something productive rather than just soaking up the sunshine.
I find it rather therapeutic, like sorting buttons or lego pieces used to be.
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - Mark_Riga - 09-10-2022
I find it depends on the variety how easy they are to shell. Soissons climbing and the dwarf variety I grow specifically for dried beans are easy. While the french bean I grow for eating fresh are far harder to shell though possibly I could wait till the shells were bone dry and then crush the pods.
If you have something you like to listen to/watch it doesn't really matter how long it takes.
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - Vinny - 26-07-2023
I have had a glut of broad beans so after eating a few, and having no room in freezer.I am drying some on the windowsill on kitchen roll. I personally like broad beans fresh and I eat the whole bean. Others in the family prefer to take outer 'husk' off the beans (Helen liked them that way as well) It's such a chew on to do and I prefer them as they come out the pod.
Following on from this, when they are fully dried and wrinkled I presume I just soak them overnight before cooking? If this is the case will they still have a husk once cooked?
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - Can the Man - 26-07-2023
Have you tried drying them at a low temperature in your Air Fryer Vinny ?
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - Veggie - 26-07-2023
(26-07-2023, 09:35 PM)Can the Man Wrote: Have you tried drying them at a low temperature in your Air Fryer Vinny ?Give him chance, Can, its not being delivered until tomorrow.
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - Vinny - 26-07-2023
I didn't realise you could use an Air Fryer as an Air Dryer?
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - Mark_Riga - 26-07-2023
I only grow broad beans to dry and then use for hummus instead of chickpeas. They generally take a couple of days to fully rehydrate and then I slice them lengthwise to remove the husk. They take about 10minuted to cook. One problem with them is the holes made in several of them by a weevil. I cut these out as I slice them.
RE: Drying and shelling of beans? - Mark_Riga - 26-07-2023
Or are you drying young beans, rather than mature which dry on the plant?