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Why You May Want Take A Look At Cranberry Beans
Abigayle:
Years ago, when I had the room and the energy to grow beans for food storage, I tried a bag of Cranberry beans. I found them to have a rich flavor... a little nutty, almost a bit walnut taste. So, I grew them, dried them on the vine, stored them in jars and loved them! I am not a big fan of pinto beans, but will eat them if I have to. After storing some this year, I decided to compare pinto beans to cranberry beans, in terms of food value. What I discovered encouraged me to store some again.
Here are a few of the food value comparisons with pinto beans. The numbers I am giving show the advantage (some) of the cranberry bean over pinto.
1.59x more dietary fiber per 100 gm 17.97 more leucine per 100 g, 29.48 more polyunsaturated fatty acids, 12.39% more calcium, 1.59x more zinc. It has a lot more folate, like 15%. They are higher in protein. For complete information, just google the two and ask to compare. I found them to cook quickly and keep well. The two years we grew them, I found that they dried nicely on the vine. One year was rainy, so I pulled the vines and hung them in the garage. There were no mold issues. I would contribute that to the thin shell. Just a thought for some variety. I have one more.
Ravenwood1950:
Can you buy the cranberry beans in the store? I don’t know that I have ever seen any.
Ravenwood
Abigayle:
Vita Cost has them. Bob's Red Mill used to have them, when they shipped from the company. Ravenwood, I have not seem them in the store, but they may be there. it is a lot of work to grow and shell them, since they are bush beans. They are very prolific. I would dry most of them on the plant, then pull it up. Someone must sell them. I just got some from Vita Cost since I had a 20% off coupon.
Fixit:
Here's a 20lbs price .
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/dried-cranberry-beans-20-lb/111CRANBERRY.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=DSA%20%7C%20TEXT%20%7C%20Non%20Purchasers&utm_term=Food%20%26%20Beverage&utm_content=Food%20%26%20Beverage
Abigayle:
Thanks Fix-it! I also saw them at Walmart, but not all stores have them in Stock. These, I am sure, are better quality.
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