Soya Beans
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Primrose
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I'm embarrassed to ask such a seemingly stupid question but we recently for the first time bought a packet of frozen Soya Beans. They are a delightful fresh green colour with none of the grey outer skin which you often find in fresh or frozen broad beans. My question is: Are the beans naturally this colour or would the beans have been de-skinned before being frozen?
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Dear Primrose, your question seems to be unanswerable more than stupid. 
I'm not even sure what you mean.
I'm not even sure what you mean.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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Primrose,
I buy these too, they are nice! I think they are just immature soya beans, picked while very young and tender, and shelled like peas. If they are left to mature, I understand they become larger & tougher. These are used for making soya milk, TVP, tofu etc etc.
Emma
I buy these too, they are nice! I think they are just immature soya beans, picked while very young and tender, and shelled like peas. If they are left to mature, I understand they become larger & tougher. These are used for making soya milk, TVP, tofu etc etc.
Emma
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We love these too. They are certainly not deskinned. They are just soya beans picked and shelled while green - mature like peas but not starting to dry. We do the same with Borlotti, but are not thinking of trying to grow soya.
Not "a stupid question" at all Primrose.
Answers from Cap'n Birdseye:
http://www.birdseye.co.uk/ourfood/soyab ... n-faq.aspx
Alan
Not "a stupid question" at all Primrose.
Answers from Cap'n Birdseye:
http://www.birdseye.co.uk/ourfood/soyab ... n-faq.aspx
Alan
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Hello JB, of course you can!! I didn't know that they were used for cattle feed too, there you go, learn something new every day.....
Hi Emma,
That was a tongue-in-cheek reply and I meant to put a smiley by the side.
Cattle eat thousands of tons of Soya Beans which have amazing protein level.
I am going to Morrison's this afternoon and I noticed them there last week and was tempted but this week I shall buy some.
I have the family home this weekend and two of them are strict vegetarians so will buy a pack for them as well.
I used to grow a French Dwarf Bean years ago and they were for shelling in the green and they were brilliant.
They obviously didn't catch on as they were in the catalogues for about three years then disappeared.
Daft as I am I never bothered to save any seed and I cannot even remember the name of them. I have kicked myself several times over that!
JB.
That was a tongue-in-cheek reply and I meant to put a smiley by the side.
Cattle eat thousands of tons of Soya Beans which have amazing protein level.
I am going to Morrison's this afternoon and I noticed them there last week and was tempted but this week I shall buy some.
I have the family home this weekend and two of them are strict vegetarians so will buy a pack for them as well.
I used to grow a French Dwarf Bean years ago and they were for shelling in the green and they were brilliant.
They obviously didn't catch on as they were in the catalogues for about three years then disappeared.
Daft as I am I never bothered to save any seed and I cannot even remember the name of them. I have kicked myself several times over that!
JB.
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Soya beans are the major source of protein in all poultry food.. so when you eat chicken, it's soya - once removed...and likely to be GM soya...
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that's Ok JB, I thought as much!!!!
my first year of growing (now 15 or so years ago -yikes!!) I grew chick peas and kidney beans! All did really well, considering I was a complete novice and didn't have a clue! I think I still have the dried beans I harvested, as I didn't have the heart to eat them, as I was so proud to have grown them!
Are any of the current varieties of french bean sold in seed catalogues suitable for shelling?
Emma.
my first year of growing (now 15 or so years ago -yikes!!) I grew chick peas and kidney beans! All did really well, considering I was a complete novice and didn't have a clue! I think I still have the dried beans I harvested, as I didn't have the heart to eat them, as I was so proud to have grown them!
Are any of the current varieties of french bean sold in seed catalogues suitable for shelling?
Emma.
Hi Emma,
The variety that I cannot recall the name of formed these Green Haricot easily and you picked them like you do normal beans but the seed inside was big enough for shelling. I'm afraid that my memory fails me too often now and I get soooo cross with myself.
JB.
The variety that I cannot recall the name of formed these Green Haricot easily and you picked them like you do normal beans but the seed inside was big enough for shelling. I'm afraid that my memory fails me too often now and I get soooo cross with myself.
JB.