The listing, Euro Bean Fest - 5 Rare Heirloom/Gourmet Bean Varieties has ended.
Here's an opportunity to try out 5 different varieties of delicious heirloom beans from Europe. The lucky winner will get 12 each of these 5 marvelous varieties:
Cassoulet Beans: creamy white beans - the must-have ingredient for cassoulet - the classic bean dish from Tarbes, France. (They're called 'haricots Tarbais' when grown in France). Pole habit, may be eaten as a green bean as well as a dry soup bean.
Borlotti-type bean: an Italian classic, tan-colored beans, beautifully striped & splashed with red - delicious! (Pole)
Badda beans (caramel/white) AND
Black Badda beans (black/white): These two varieties are grown in the ___ region of Sicily. The quintessential ingredient for pasta e fagioli (a pasta and bean soup/stew), they are also delicious as green (snap) beans (pole habit)
Alubias de Tolosa: Highly prized in Spanish Basque In the Basque tradition, these plump black dry beans are cooked slowly in an earthenware pot with garlic and olive oil. other recipes include spicy green peppers and pork ribs. Yum.
This auction is for a total of 60 heirloom beans!!!