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Somehow or the other my runner beans have gone from zero to hero in a matter of days (well OK, between my being out and the trains having stupid delays in the evenings I haven't really been focusing on the garden ) and now it seems that most have rather outgrown the nice and tender stage. I'm cooking myself some for dinner tonight but despite cutting at angles to 'de-string' them and cutting into pieces no bigger than about 1 or 2 cm they're still a bit stringy /tough. Any ideas how to make them a bit more palatable, because the way they are now isn't really overly pleasant to eat?

Not sure what can be done once they have gone "woody".

Maybe a runner bean hummus with lots of tahini would work or maybe not.

I was interested in this because it was a perennial problem we used to have when we grew them and got inundated.

Basic internet advice seems to be "chuck 'em on the compost heap and grow french beans instead next year ....."

Oh what a shame Ria! I'm with the boys here, they're not much good once they've gone tough

Let a few go to seed for next year.
What about in a slow/ pressure cooker?

I blanch and freeze my beans for later consumption

thanks all - well, I'll harvest what I can and chuck the rest. Own fault really....