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	Blue Lake Pole Bean 100 or More Seeds Sale Price: $1.99 Average Rating:
	Extra Early Pods are Stringless and Fiberless! White seeds are tender and delicious! 60 days. A classic choice for early beans of highest quality eating, Blue Lake sets pods that remain stringless and fiberless at all stages of growth! The dark green pods are tender and rich, filled with white seeds and an incomparable flavor...

	Renee's Garden Seeds - Bean, Pole Tricolor Sale Price: $2.79 Average Rating:
	A blend of three colors of pole beans (Blue Lake, Yellow Pole Wax, Purple Peacock) that makes good use of limited space. Extended heavy harvests of delicious gold, green and purple pods.

	75 Kentucky Wonder Green, Organic Bean Seeds Sale Price: $1.29
	This old-time country pole bean with brown seeds is a favorite. Beans are approximately 6"-8" inches long, slender and stringless. Will produce heavily if harvested diligently. This bean has been popular since the mid 1800s...

	Popular Chinese Classics List Price: $8.99 Sale Price: $8.99
	Popular Chinese Classics by Kenneth JeanThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Music Tracks

Binding: Audio CD
Artist: Kenneth Jean
Format:
Number of Discs: 1
Manufacturer: Marco-Polo
Original Release Date: 1995-01-01
Tracks Disc Number: 1
Tracks:

• Colorful Clouds Chasing The Moon
• The Four Seasons
• How Can I Forget Him!
• Bamboo Pole
• River Of No Return
• Jasmine Flower
• Red Bean Song
• Fishing Boats At Night
• The Embroidered Purse
• Reflections Of The Moon
• Little Stream
• Catching Butterflies

	Heirlooms Evermore Mayflower Pole Bean Seeds (Pack of 10) Sale Price: $42.00
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	Heirlooms Evermore Blue Lake Pole Bean Seeds (Pack of 10) Sale Price: $42.00
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	Koozy Kaddy Elevated Drink Holders for Cornhole (Set of Two) List Price: $27.99 Sale Price: $29.99 Average Rating:
	KOOZY KADDY was designed by avid bean bag players who were tired of continuously bending down for their drinks. The package includes a set of elevated, dual drink holders that can be used for many outdoor activities including yard games, tailgating, and camping...

	At the North Pole Advent Calendar List Price: $13.00 Sale Price: $12.00
	Mudpuppy's At the North Pole Advent Calendar is a fun, creative way to count down the days to Christmas! First choose your favorite 24 stickers (bears, reindeer, snow angels, skiers, stars, snowmen, etc...

I just received a grocery bag full of pole lima beans, Can I have your recipes?

I should mention, I'm not a big meat fan. I think organic meat is OK in a dish in very small quantities, but, never as a main ingredient or in large quantities.
I'm looking for ideas to use fresh lima beans. Just wanted to know how others like to prepare them.

Beef and Lima Bean Casserole
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cupsima beans,
1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
dash nutmeg
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 small can (6 ounces) tomato paste
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 cup sour cream

Directions:
Cook lima beans according to package instructions; drain and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine ground beef, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and egg.
Form meat mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls. Brown meat balls in a skillet in vegetable oil.

Add tomato paste to the lima beans, then stir in paprika and sour cream.
Add browned meat balls and stir gently.
Pour mixture into a greased casserole and bake at 350° for 25 minutes.
Beef and lima bean casserole serves 4 to 6

Grow Your Own Green Beans

There's nothing quite like the pleasure of growing, harvesting and eating your own vegetables. Absolutely nothing can be fresher than vegetables that you grow yourself. My family always had a small garden and we grew tomatoes and peppers, some lettuce and eggplant. This year we added green beans to our list of vegetables. My husband and I love them and I found them a "snap" to grow, freeze and cook.

We decided on a pole variety of green beans for our garden. Pole green bean varieties produce for a longer season than do bush varieties. We grew the variety of pole beans called Kentucky Wonder. It was our first year and we were pleased with the amount of harvest that we had from this particular bean. I think that next year we'll try a colored bean, but I wanted to grow Kentucky Wonder this year as they remind me of fresh green beans we had as kids. All colored green beans, ones that are gold or yellow or purple, have the same taste as green beans.

When we harvested the beans I froze what I couldn't cook within a few days. I found that freezing worked well for me. It was easy as all it required was a pot to boil water, a bowl of ice water and freezer bags. We have quite a few string beans in the freezer now, more than enough to last us through for several months. Perhaps next year I'll consider canning them. Where frozen green beans are good up to 18 months some experts say that properly canned green beans last up to five years (due to the fact that they are low-acid) although I don't think I'd want to eat them if they're that old. Canning is relatively simple but requires a lot more equipment than freezing does.

Of course the best thing about growing your own green beans is eating them. My husband's favorite green bean recipe is very simple, they're boiled in chicken stock. Boiled, boiled and boiled. Most "gourmets" will tell you not to overcook green beans. This recipe simmers the beans for at least 45 minutes. I drain them add butter, salt and pepper to taste. I don't think that I'll be using any of my frozen green beans in the Thanksgiving green bean casserole though. Store bought canned or frozen string beans work just fine in that recipe. I'll save my home grown green beans for recipes where they'll really shine through.

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	Blue Lake Pole Bean 100 or More Seeds Sale Price: $1.99 Average Rating:
	Extra Early Pods are Stringless and Fiberless! White seeds are tender and delicious! 60 days. A classic choice for early beans of highest quality eating, Blue Lake sets pods that remain stringless and fiberless at all stages of growth! The dark green pods are tender and rich, filled with white seeds and an incomparable flavor...

	Renee's Garden Seeds - Bean, Pole Tricolor Sale Price: $2.79 Average Rating:
	A blend of three colors of pole beans (Blue Lake, Yellow Pole Wax, Purple Peacock) that makes good use of limited space. Extended heavy harvests of delicious gold, green and purple pods.

	75 Kentucky Wonder Green, Organic Bean Seeds Sale Price: $1.29
	This old-time country pole bean with brown seeds is a favorite. Beans are approximately 6"-8" inches long, slender and stringless. Will produce heavily if harvested diligently. This bean has been popular since the mid 1800s...

	Heirlooms Evermore Mayflower Pole Bean Seeds (Pack of 10) Sale Price: $42.00
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	Heirlooms Evermore Blue Lake Pole Bean Seeds (Pack of 10) Sale Price: $42.00
	.

	Popular Chinese Classics List Price: $8.99 Sale Price: $8.99
	Popular Chinese Classics by Kenneth JeanThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Music Tracks

Binding: Audio CD
Artist: Kenneth Jean
Format:
Number of Discs: 1
Manufacturer: Marco-Polo
Original Release Date: 1995-01-01
Tracks Disc Number: 1
Tracks:

• Colorful Clouds Chasing The Moon
• The Four Seasons
• How Can I Forget Him!
• Bamboo Pole
• River Of No Return
• Jasmine Flower
• Red Bean Song
• Fishing Boats At Night
• The Embroidered Purse
• Reflections Of The Moon
• Little Stream
• Catching Butterflies

	Koozy Kaddy Elevated Drink Holders for Cornhole (Set of Two) List Price: $27.99 Sale Price: $29.99 Average Rating:
	KOOZY KADDY was designed by avid bean bag players who were tired of continuously bending down for their drinks. The package includes a set of elevated, dual drink holders that can be used for many outdoor activities including yard games, tailgating, and camping...

	At the North Pole Advent Calendar List Price: $13.00 Sale Price: $12.00
	Mudpuppy's At the North Pole Advent Calendar is a fun, creative way to count down the days to Christmas! First choose your favorite 24 stickers (bears, reindeer, snow angels, skiers, stars, snowmen, etc...

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