![]() ![]() Anyway, we ate some up for lunch, and the cut color of the beans impressed me again, so I thought that I would share. In salads or vegetable trays they really stick out, and remind me of some sort of watermelon-flavored candy or something, but only by the looks of them, not by the taste. ![]() ![]() Since the inside is green when the raw outside is still red, they provide a very interesting look when diced or chopped. Rosy red-purple, stringless pods stand out on the vigorous green plantsand they make harvest easy. The pod colour is old rose, which turns green during cooking. Red Swan is a newer variety, an open-pollinated bean that was bred out of a cross between a pinto and a purple podded bean, and makes for delicious fresh eating. This stringless snap has a delicious, robust beany flavor and is a most uniquely colored bean, nearly a true red shade on the thick. Basically, it helps out for harvesting them, and then if you cook them, they turn green and you'd never know the difference. Red Swan has flat short pods and plump tan seeds which would probably be good as a dry bean. One of the most interesting things about this bush bean is that the outside skin is only red when they are raw, and the inside color is a vibrant green. ![]()
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