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Zana · May 18, 2017

Welcome back and great to see you getting your hands dirty in the garden again.

Worth1 · May 18, 2017

Heck I would plant some out of the eating beans sack.
I do it all of the time.
Many are heirloom so to speak.
Can you get your hands on some eating cranberry beans AKA roman beans?

Rockporter · May 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Heck I would plant some out of the eating beans sack.
I do it all of the time.
Many are heirloom so to speak.
Can you get your hands on some eating cranberry beans AKA roman beans?

Never heard of a roman bean and I don't think so, I haven't see anything like that here.

Preferably I want to grow some italian beans for my husband. He really likes them but there is no such seed like it around here. I thought I would order some for fall growing.

Father'sDaughter · May 20, 2017

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Never heard of a roman bean and I don't think so, I haven't see anything like that here.

Goya and Bob's Redmill are two popular brands of dried Roma/Cranberry beans. If any stores near you carry those brands, look for them there.

Rockporter · May 20, 2017

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Goya and Bob's Redmill are two popular brands of dried Roma/Cranberry beans. If any stores near you carry those brands, look for them there.

Would those be the italian beans I am looking for? Hubby likes the green beans. Well I found it. These beans would not be the green beans I am looking for but they sure sound tasty. Yes, my store has the Bob's Red Mill cranberry heritage beans so I will buy some next time I shop to try them out.

Rockporter · May 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Zana

Welcome back and great to see you getting your hands dirty in the garden again.

Thanks Zana.

Father'sDaughter · May 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Rockporter

Would those be the italian beans I am looking for? Hubby likes the green beans. Well I found it. These beans would not be the green beans I am looking for but they sure sound tasty. Yes, my store has the Bob's Red Mill cranberry heritage beans so I will buy some next time I shop to try them out.

Another name they go by is Berlotti beans.

My parents have always grown them and use them both young as green beans (they're flat, not round) before they start plumping up, and as fresh shelling beans which are amazing when boiled and served with olive oil and a pinch of cayenne.

I don't have the room to grow enough for shelling beans, so I just stick with Romano beans as we eat them green.

Rockporter · May 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

Another name they go by is Berlotti beans.

My parents have always grown them and use them both young as green beans (they're flat, not round) before they start plumping up, and as fresh shelling beans which are amazing when boiled and served with olive oil and a pinch of cayenne.

I don't have the room to grow enough for shelling beans, so I just stick with Romano beans as we eat them green.

Perfect, I will definitely be growing some of those.

Worth1 · May 20, 2017

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Perfect, I will definitely be growing some of those.

The so called cranberry beans light and darker beat pinto beans hands down.
There is absolutely no comparison in texture flavor and creaminess.
The only economical place I can buy then is at the Fiesta Market in Austin but under the different names mentioned.

I have to hand it to the Italians they have picked out the best beans in the world to grow and eat green or dried.
The only exception is the Mayocoba beans.

Worth

Rockporter · May 20, 2017

Sadly, they don't have the beans on the shelf. I have to order them on HEB website if I want them. I'll just order them somewhere else that I can get free shipping. Sheesh, I don't know how HEB thinks we will order things and pay shipping on them, just to get them.

Worth1 · May 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Rockporter

Sadly, they don't have the beans on the shelf. I have to order them on HEB website if I want them. I'll just order them somewhere else that I can get free shipping. Sheesh, I don't know how HEB thinks we will order things and pay shipping on them, just to get them.

HEB used to have them on the shelf.
About the time we had the collapse in the economy around 8 years ago they started cutting back on stuff on the shelf.
They were called grandma something or another cranberry beans.
The Bobs red mill is way over priced.

So much of our economy runs on credit, when that goes in the tanks like it did we saw a lot of stuff missing on the shelf.
Sadly pinto beans in Texas rule and many Texans aren't going to try anything new.
More or less stuck in a rut.
Cranberry beans are way better but the demand wont bring the supply up to an excess so the price can go down and there is no competition.
Worth

Rockporter · May 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

HEB used to have them on the shelf.
About the time we had the collapse in the economy around 8 years ago they started cutting back on stuff on the shelf.
They were called grandma something or another cranberry beans.
The Bobs red mill is way over priced.

So much of our economy runs on credit, when that goes in the tanks like it did we saw a lot of stuff missing on the shelf.
Sadly pinto beans in Texas rule and many Texans aren't going to try anything new.
More or less stuck in a rut.
Cranberry beans are way better but the demand wont bring the supply up to an excess so the price can go down and there is no competition.
Worth

What really is beginning to get on my nerves with HEB is they are overloading the shelves with HEB, Hill Country Fare and Central Market brand stuff. Forcing us to go with their brand because they won't stock others.
It is really ★★★★ing me off.

Worth1 · May 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Rockporter

What really is beginning to get on my nerves with HEB is they are overloading the shelves with HEB, Hill Country Fare and Central Market brand stuff. Forcing us to go with their brand because they won't stock others.
It is really ★★★★ing me off.

Me too big time.

They stopped selling my New Brunswick sardines from Canada and replaced it with over priced foo foo sardines from china or god knows where with a fancy name.
Some how I dont feel like I am eating healthy eating China sardines.

Worth

jillian · May 20, 2017

I have some rattlesnake pole bean seeds I could send you. They are very good and grow well for me. Let me know if you are interested.

jillian · May 20, 2017

P.S. I love the Roma beans too I planted northeaster last year but they didn't grow well for me.

May 18, 2017	#46
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May 20, 2017	#55
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Sadly, they don't have the beans on the shelf. I have to order them on HEB website if I want them. I'll just order them somewhere else that I can get free shipping. Sheesh, I don't know how HEB thinks we will order things and pay shipping on them, just to get them. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

May 18, 2017	#47
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Heck I would plant some out of the eating beans sack. I do it all of the time. Many are heirloom so to speak. Can you get your hands on some eating cranberry beans AKA roman beans?

May 20, 2017	#59
jillian Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: North Carolina Posts: 880	I have some rattlesnake pole bean seeds I could send you. They are very good and grow well for me. Let me know if you are interested.