Thank you Amy....those pods look sort of like our Mimosa tree pods, which sometimes are pickled as well....Mimosa tree is really in the pea family, not usually a long lived tree, ours is a foot around and splitting, its about 40 years old or so...and a big split along the side, so maybe it will fall down or we will have to cut it down, but i do love the blossoms and so will enjoy them extra this year...bees bees...
Also, the gardner (not me) grew fava beans for some crop cover and we let them go long to get some beans, and they look alot like the ones you show....small favas, I blanched and froze them....i had never had fresh beans before, they are really good...the little husks are supposed to fall off when you blanche them, at the cold water dipping/cooling, which certainly makes them a bit nicer to eat. Way to be connected...and that monkey...looks like he has his own business going on fer sure!!
Thank you Amy....those pods look sort of like our Mimosa tree pods, which sometimes are pickled as well....Mimosa tree is really in the pea family, not usually a long lived tree, ours is a foot around and splitting, its about 40 years old or so...and a big split along the side, so maybe it will fall down or we will have to cut it down, but i do love the blossoms and so will enjoy them extra this year...bees bees...
Also, the gardner (not me) grew fava beans for some crop cover and we let them go long to get some beans, and they look alot like the ones you show....small favas, I blanched and froze them....i had never had fresh beans before, they are really good...the little husks are supposed to fall off when you blanche them, at the cold water dipping/cooling, which certainly makes them a bit nicer to eat. Way to be connected...and that monkey...looks like he has his own business going on fer sure!!