Gigandes Beans
I received a pound and a half of Gigandes beans this morning, cost to me was $22. These beans are HUGE. They are all over an inch long and some of them are over an inch and a half. These are clearly Runner Beans, not Lima.
[URL]http://www.allgreektome.net/[/URL] The website is just a link to their Ebay page. I am going to try germinating these beans and see if they grow. DarJones |
Darrel,
I might have found something of yours that you can send me, in exchange for what I sent you.;) Gary |
I hope you will keep us posted with your results, taste and growth habit. Sounds very interesting
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I love those beans! I buy them marinated in olive oil, spices and vinegar from the antipasto bar at a local super market and they are very expensive. I just went and ordered some also. I hope you get a huge crop of these beans so that I can buy them from you.
Sue B. |
Folks, if you are interested, I will send you a pack of 20 seed for $4. I only have enough beans to make up about 10 packs plus keep 100 of them to grow and see if I can get them to mature. The seed will be unselected, in other words, whatever size hits my hand first is the size I will ship.
$1.50 for 20 beans $0.65 for a bubble mailer $1.50 estimated postage I am rounding up to $4.00 You can always go to the website I listed above and purchase them for about $12 per 13 ounce bag which contains roughly 150 seed. Please remember that runner beans are adapted to cool long moderate climates. They do NOT normally produce a crop in the deep south. DarJones |
Fusion..you know how I so deparately am looking for them.
XX Jeannine Got them..fingers crossed they are the right size..as you know from the other thread I have been searching for replacements for mine and have bought many others.. but the size sounds right by your description. I haf founf=d inch ones several times but the elusive bigger I was use was what I was after. Stay in touch, maybe one of will germinate them and be able to share fresher ones later. Thank you XX Jeannine |
I know that runner beans are grown for the flowers here but I don't think our season is long enough to produce the beans. It certainly is cool enough tho.
Sue B |
I have grown Gigandes in BC and in the UK for years. I start them in 3 inch pots as early as I dare
I don't know about Alaska though they are pretty long season runners but very special. XX Jeannnine |
Eva's recipes are really good, here's a video clip
[URL]http://thursdayfordinner.com/2008/11/gigantesyiyantes-greek-giant-baked-beans/[/URL] edited to add I haven't tried this particular recipe, not sure if pressure cooker was used or not?? |
(deleted) This post was a mess... That'll teach me to try to figure out what's being said in a video when my sound card doesn't work and I can't hear it...
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Congratulations, Fusion, on your find. As you know from another forum, I've been searching for these for quite some time. Like Jeannine, I've found that there are both limas & runners sold by the name "Gigandes" (or variations thereof) and most of those I've come across were limas, even when they claimed otherwise. I'll be ordering some myself.
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Darrell, I sent an Ebay message to the dealer, asking if the beans were oven-dried or air-dried. Just got back his reply, they're air-dried and should be good to plant after being soaked in water for approximately 24 hours.
I think I want some too, will send PM shortly. |
Darrell:
Sounds like these would grow in Wisconsin. I would like to take you up on your offer for the 20 seeds. PM coming. Thanks Chris |
@ PNW_D: The gist of the embarrassingly inept post I deleted was, I don't think Eva used a pressure cooker, and I don't think she used dried beans. I think she was using freshly shelled Gigantes the whole time.
I still sort of think so, but then I realized that all the rest of you have working sound cards on your computers and can actually [I]hear [/I]what she's saying... And yateda yateda... Don't wanna look even more like a fool than I usually do, should it happen that I'm obviously wrong... |
Plaki is a regular dish in my house
|XX Jeannine |
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