Nice sounding recipe and great looking beans. I need to pick Rattlesnake beans tomorrow to go with my eggplant, chard and peppers for supper.

Now I'm hungry..............

wt

Silvia, can you delve a little more into high heat. We've grown the purple-pod yardlongs this year for the first time and sautéed them in olive oil on two occasions but I have to tell you that so far we're not wild about the taste. I need to know if we're doing something wrong with them.

Tom

I just sprouted seeds for the red and have 12 inch tall plants that I planted out yesterday. Looking forward to beans if the deer don't eat the plants. They ate all my okra plants, sigh...

I forgot to add to the ingredients that I use chili paste, you can substitute for hot sauce or red pepper flakes, to taste and this ingredient is optional. Some people like it hot, others not.

WT
Your recipe sounds good too. Bon Appetit!

Tom
I have not tried the purple yard long beans yet. The red and the green that I have, I picked them when still thin, if you can see the seed it is too late. You can still peeled them and cook the seed or save it. I throw out the rest.
Now when I start cooking I heat the pan first to hot, the highest setting on mine is 9, then I quickly add the oil and beans together with the garlic. I test that is hot putting my hand close to the pan and feeling the heat.

So far, from all the people that I am sharing the beans with (they all loved them!) First time eaters of these beans, and they are not oriental :)
Actually, Tom they are a lot like you.lol My neighbor is learning how to cook and he even lost weight as a bonus. We even shared desserts and homemade bread with them sometimes. I said to him "remember the book, one thousand places to see before you died?" Well. you are going to sample one thousand different foods.lol
He did not say a word on the gourd that I gave him .lol

Bihai
I hope that you get to eat your yard long beans. I don't have the deer problem, so I am no expert. But I have seen in organic catalogs something to repel deer. Maybe you should try that.
I used to see them, when I lived in Mass, they sure like some plants more than others.

Silvia

I planted Liana and Red Noodle June 2 and was harvesting a few beans from Liana by July 20. Red Noodle showed up just a few days later. The plants are doing great and the beans are a great addition to our fresh salads. I'm so thrilled to have found something that produces in mid-summer, and even accommodated my-new-to-Florida learning curve!

Jenny

Hi all, My name is Bill and I am new to this gardening stuff. I have been growing tomatos for years (with not alot of success). I would like to grow the yard long beans and any other veggies that will grow in this HEAT. Where can I get some seeds? What else will grow good in zone10b in summer?
Thanks.

bill

The red and the green that I have, I picked them when still thin, if you can see the seed it is too late. You can still peeled them and cook the seed or save it. I throw out the rest.

Silvia, we picked them young but they still had an odd taste. I received the Red Noodle you sent me, I'll give them a try next summer, probably pick up some green yardlongs to try too...I hope these others will taste more like a pole beans.

Looking forward to beans if the deer don't eat the plants. They ate all my okra plants, sigh...

Bihai, here's one way that might help you deal with the deer....

I'm so thrilled to have found something that produces in mid-summer, and even accommodated my-new-to-Florida learning curve!

Jenny, summers are challenge here, I'm glad you're having fun.

I would like to grow the yard long beans and any other veggies that will grow in this HEAT. Where can I get some seeds? What else will grow good in zone10b in summer?

Bill, folks will come along and offer you some seed soon, since I'm not wild about the purple-pod yardlongs I'm sure not going to send you any them;-) If you want to start right away HD carries the Burpee seed racks and I saw green yadrlongs among their selections of beans.

Not a bunch you can grow in the summer; yardlongs, okra, gourds, Malabar spinach, New Zealand spinach, currant cherry tomatoes, hot peppers, and sweet peppers if they are shaded enough...a few other things that are escaping me now but I'm sure others will come along and add to the list.

Tom

Jenny
I am glad that you are enjoying your beans. We are all learning here, this is only my second year in Florida, compare to Tom who is a native Floridian.:)

Every summer we can add something else that produces well for us and "important", that we like it. Even though I know that sometimes taste buds can be different, sometimes we all agreed on a lot of things. We have to keep on trying, I will tell of my success or failure.

And Tom, this morning I talked to one of my neighbors and she said "Where did you get that cucumber? it is so delicious, not bitter, I never had anything like that.

And I told her, unless Tom from Tampa finds it, it might be like in the music, one time hit! lol

Hi Bill
Welcome to the forum! If you hang out with us here, you will get to learn a lot of tips and tricks to growing stuff. Very knowledgeable people here, and I have learn a lot since I joined.

I am in zone 9b, and I am growing successfully Chinese pumpkin, two kinds, squash that Tom sent me seeds for, yard longs, cucumbers with the knee-highs to protect them from the pickleworm, sweet potatoes,okra,hawaiian currant tomatoes, New Zealand spinach. I am also growing gourds, which I personally would not recommend them, if you are not familiar with them. It is an acquired taste and you have to know how to prepare them.

Send me an email, I can send you some seeds that I saved.

Silvia

Silvia---Your yardlong bean dish looks delicious.

I think that if someone eats the yardlongs with the expectation that they taste exactly like green beans they might not like them. They do have their own taste, which I do like. I'll be cooking the green yardlongs for supper tonight, but it'll just be with the olive oil and garlic. I'll have to try your recipe Silvia when I have the ingredients. I'm beginning to think that none of the red yardlongs sprouted. I should have seen some red beans by now.

Christine

I love yard long beans, one row gives me enough for at least two meals. You have to remember to pick daily, they are that prolific.

Try these simple recipes...

yard long beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
thinly sliced potatoes
large tomato
saute all together with garlic, salt and pepper and a little water on medium heat so that potatoes cook through, serve with rice.

Also use young yard long beans as a final addition to fried rice and salads, I like that taste of raw young beans.

Hi Leelee
I have to agree with you, yard long beans are one of the most prolific vegetables!

I love the taste too, and I am sure going to try your recipe. Sounds very good! Recipes like that are perfect to enjoy our harvest...

Silvia