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Article: Broad minded

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October 15, 2000
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IF YOU have a large bag of broad beans to prepare, invite a talkative friend to entertain you as you de-pod and shell the beans.

Hopefully their story will be long and full of incident - bean preparation is not high on the excitement list, but it is a tidy and easy operation.

While the conversation is in full flight, blanch the shelled beans rapidly in lots of boiling water for three minutes. Drain quickly under cold water so the beans can be handled, then slip each bean out of its tough skin. The green kernels can be rewarmed in a little melted butter or boiling water for a minute only.

With very young, home-grown broad beans it is not necessary to remove the outer skin. In fact, when ...

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