Wow, what a green bean season. I don’t have much more to say about greens beans so I’ll just leave this excerpt from On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee.
Green beans come from a climbing plant native to Central America and the Andes region of northern South America. Though the peoples who domesticated them have probably always eaten some mature pods, the breeding of specialized vegetable bean varieties is less than 200 years old.
I said in the last share that I thought it would be the last of the green beans, but here they are again. I was pretty surprised with how good I thought the green beans were last week. They were crunchy and tender at the same time with a complex flavor. I’d say the best of the season, and these green beans this week are right there with them. Late season green beans for the win.
Back in July, when we first received green beans in the shares I noted that it would be the first of a lot. In the 3 shares since then (including this week’s) we’ve had green beans in each one. And now I’d expect this to be last. Green beans, likely many other of our favorite summer specialties are extremely seasonal. I hope you all have enjoyed the greens beans as much as we have. I’m sure I’ll already be looking forward to them next season by December.
