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9:52 pm
March 3, 2009
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epona4
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Hi all,
My Grandpa used to grow a wide green bean that he called "Lizzy beans". I'm pretty sure they were a bush bean and they were a heritage varity. I remember snapping and stringing them on the back porch with Grandma.
Now I am sure that was just a "nick name" that Grandpa gave them…but I'm wondering if anyone out there has heard of them? Knows what they are really called?
Of course even if I DO find them, I'll have to learn how to can and cook them like Grandma did!
Thanks!
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10:30 pm
March 3, 2009
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CindyP
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Well, I googled lizzy bean………lizzy bean is an artist………not much help there!! To me, it sounds like the heirloom green bean, where there actually was a string………the ones I've grown do not have a string.
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“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.” ― Alfred Sheinwold
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11:32 pm
March 3, 2009
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Pete
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Was it wide enough to be an Italian type of green bean?
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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7:20 am
March 4, 2009
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WV_Hills
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It would be funny if the "lizzy" bean turned out to be from seed passed down from someone named "Elizabeth" instead of the name of a variety of bean.
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8:56 am
March 4, 2009
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JeannieB
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Never heard of Lizzy beans, but in the upstate of SC and in NC they have a green bean called 'greasy bean'. It looks just like a string bean, but have a larger seed and every one I talked with said they cook them just like string beans. Of course down south that means with a chunk of ham or fatback.
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9:32 am
March 4, 2009
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epona4
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I'm clueless as to the different types of beans. It's not a skinny bean. (would those be French green beans?) It has a string and Grandma cooked them with bacon.
I know Grandpa would save the seeds each year. Gonna drive me batty till I figure it out OR find something close enough that'll pass my taste test. (of course it's been 20 years since I last had my Grandma's green beans so it might not be too hard!) ;)
Boy have I been missing her lately!!!
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