It's that time of year again. The beans are mature but not properly dried out. I use a couple of string shopping bags and suspend them from the clothes airer/pulley in the kitchen. Everyone bumps their heads as they pass by and curses them, but at least in doing so they are ensuring good air circulation...
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| Borlotti Lingua di Fuoco |
...until the beans start falling out of the dried pods and they are ready to be hulled.
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| Tongues of Fire - also known as Cranberry Beans |
The ones on the left are the earlier drier pods.
