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[Blue-Jay]

So, bean terms.
I know what pole vs bush means of course, but does "snap" mean its more of a greenbean/pod eating while green type?
Does "dry" mean its the kind you dry and save to eat as beans in chillie ect?

Yes snap beans are the term for eating bean pods green as a vegetable. Many varieties these days are stingless. Long time ago green bean pods used to be called string beans. In some parts of the country some gardeners are still de-stringing there eatable pods. Dry beans are the kind you dry and make bean soup, baked beans or chilli from them.

 

[Greasy]

Yes snap beans are the term for eating bean pods green as a vegetable. Many varieties these days are stingless. Long time ago green bean pods used to be called string beans. In some parts of the country some gardeners are still de-stringing there eatable pods. Dry beans are the kind you dry and make bean soup, baked beans or chilli from them.

In the middle Appalachia Mountain's we want eat beans without strings, seals in the flavor lol. Don't believe me ask Paul Douglas famous cook book author.

 

[flowerbug]

and then there are also shelly beans, which are harvested plump in the shell before fully dried down, usually this also implies that the beans are easy to shell out at this stage. some lima beans are also really good at this stage.