Diminishing returns

 

Buy a bag of broad beans.

Remove them from their snug little places, having admired and photographed this beautiful packaging first.

Wonder how there can be so few when you had such a huge pile of beans.

Look at the pile of empty pods and understand why.

Take off the indigestible outer shell of each bean

leaving about a tablespoonful for lunch.

Comments

[jordi]

Every time I see these in the market I sigh. I love them, but they are a lot of work for very little result. The nice part from my side is that I would NEVER fix them for company unless they brought their own already shelled, and when I do fix them I savor every bite.

Isn't it a shame that we can't seem to think of anything to do with the packaging? it really is pretty and except for photographing it, I can't see anything to DO with it.. Maybe you'll get a suggestion from someone more creative than moi...

[Marianne]

I never take the shell off broad beans; if they are fresh there is no reason to. At the start of the season AND if you pick your beans before they are really ready to be picked you can eat the pod too. If you want to use the pods later on in the season get yourself a pig in the back garden and have nice bacon with your broad beans next year ;-D
I guess now I have told you this you are not going to risk coming to Cardiff when broad beans are in season. We must meet up soon though - its been far too long!