From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   songbird wrote:   
   > Pavel314 wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> Do the beans stay purple when cooked?   
   >   
   >   no, i don't know of any of the purple   
   > beans that will stay purple when cooked   
   > (they are darker green).   
      
     ok, i asked someone who would know better   
   and he said he didn't know of any of the   
   purple beans that would stay purple when   
   cooked.   
      
     and then i looked up why and found out   
   that it has to do with the acidity of the   
   cell which contains the pigment.  in that   
   article it suggested soaking them in   
   vinegar before cooking and cooking as   
   little as possible.   
      
     the purple dove beans are so tender they   
   are excellent eaten fresh and crunchy which   
   would be another way to eat them and still   
   have the color.  perhaps take them and   
   slice them very fine with a vinagrette and   
   a bit of red onion and some bacon and you'd   
   have a good combination.  of course leave   
   off the bacon or onion or as they say   
   adjust to taste.  :)   
      
     what caught my interest in them last year   
   beyond the color was how tender they were   
   when i sampled a few.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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