Comments on: Can Anyone Tell Me What These Are?

By: gblued

gblued — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:31:10 +0000

Thanks, duende, I’m going to try that! It would be perfect for the Guatemalan cookbook I’m working on.

By: duendemaya

duendemaya — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:23:45 +0000

Try cooking the local recipe:

http://www.tvcocina.com/profiles/blogs/piloyada-antiguena

Enjoy!

By: connie

connie — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:36:55 +0000

hit ’send’ too soon. I was going to add that I had a mystery fruit that I now know the Arabic for, but not the English. We ate it before getting a good picture Guess I’ll have to get another and do my own “can anyone tell me…?” post!

By: connie

connie — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:29:16 +0000

There’s a lot out there on these beans, I am intrigued. http://blog.healthy-green-lifestyle.com/runner-bean-salad-with-radicchio-radish-and-red-onion.html and http://www.answers.com/topic/runner-bean

By: gblued

gblued — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:20:46 +0000

Fava beans were the first thing I looked up, Kimmie, but definitely not these. They are SO good though!

By: gblued

gblued — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:20:12 +0000

They’re very similar to pinto beans, Kathleen, but they are HUGE. The skins are a little tough, which I didn’t notice while eating them in the tomato dish, but later the boys were eating them just plain as a snack and asked me to peel them!

By: gblued

gblued — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:19:25 +0000

Thanks, Cristina, those look like the right ones. You’re right, though, they probably aren’t available commercially in NA, but maybe in Mexican shops? I’ll have to investigate a bit more. I’ve actually had piloyada before and loved it, but haven’t tryed making it . . . next on the list!

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:22:06 +0000

http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/fabaceae/phaseolus-coccineus/fichas/ficha.htm#1.%20Nombres

According to this link, they’re scarlet runnerbeans. Which is probably not a commercially available product in North America.
Anyways, in Antigua people make piloyada, which is a really great salad faintly resembling the base for fiambre. You might want to try making it Genesis, and giving us your appreciation of it!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:07:36 +0000

well, if they are that hard to find, then you may just have to say they are pinto beans! otherwise no one will be able to find them. to me, they look like pinto beans, just more red. maybe they are a hybrid.

By: Kimmie

Kimmie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:51:13 +0000

You got my attention…I’ve never seen them either…and I am a vegetarian. Fava beans are large, but they are not read. Hmmm, please let us know. They do look yummy Genesis!

Kimmie