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PaperclipPerfector  9d ago (text post)   2674 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 12, 2026

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I finally got off the Rancho Gordo bean club wait list. I joined the wait list when I had a husband who was a brilliant cook. I am not a good cook. My daughter is an excellent cook, but she eats beans only occasionally and isn't as willing to cater to my whims as my husband was.

This means I am going to have to try really hard to cook beans without ruining them. It is too ridiculous to belong to a bougie bean club, so I have to at least try!

I also want to hear more about this.

Once I get my first shipment (est. Monday) I can report in on the variety and what I might try to make with them.

My shipment went on a tour of the midatlantic states before it got to me today. In this shipment are the Alubia Blanca Bean, Cranberry Bean, French Green Lentil, Good Mother Stallard Bean, Green Baby Lima Bean, San Franciscano Bean, and a spice blend.

My current plan is to make succotash with the Green Baby Lima beans. That'll give me a lunch for the next couple weeks. I'm going to do a test, 1/2 lb of them made with fresh corn, and 1/2 lb with frozen corn. I'm curious if fresh vs frozen will make any difference when made into a dish. I'm not a huge fan of lima beans, but these are supposed to be worth trying. We'll see.

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