tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516640779273738951.post3588337734987639406..comments2023-10-30T07:30:31.448-07:00Comments on LA CASA E IL GIARDINO: Italian Flat Green Beans with Garden Fresh TomatoesElisa DiVirgiliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330230349675862982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516640779273738951.post-58174218109590349552021-07-13T12:27:22.098-07:002021-07-13T12:27:22.098-07:00Thanks for posting Elisa. I think the italian flat...Thanks for posting Elisa. I think the italian flats are the very best beans of all. Just the way they look is appetizing, those satin green fleshy pods are superb anyway they are served and the water used to cook them makes an excellent deglaze to lift pan juices for a gravy after roasting meats. I grew up in Fremantle Western Australia where many Italian families migrated to after WW2. What a culinary blessing that turned out to be for the local Aussies who, thanks to italian tradition and know how, coupled with a Mediterranean climate and limestone rich coastal soil, now have access to some truly spectacular food and wine..The flavour of the garlic here is just incredible, with many elderly Italians agreeing that the small purple bulbs their families brought with them back in the 1940s and 50s, have only improved over the years to become perfect with juice that is condenced, sticky and pungent when crushed so that a little goes a very long way....but ahh yes, the flat beans, we where talking about those beautiful flat beans.. ��<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />Kim<br />Larkimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14643363134159344677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516640779273738951.post-91589680128591837812011-08-15T10:44:03.356-07:002011-08-15T10:44:03.356-07:00Ellen - Thank you for stopping and commenting. Go...Ellen - Thank you for stopping and commenting. Good luck with the Romano beans and wishing you a great harvest.Elisahttp://casa-giardino.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516640779273738951.post-66104995644341395822011-08-15T08:50:52.271-07:002011-08-15T08:50:52.271-07:00I'm growing Romano beans for the first time th...I'm growing Romano beans for the first time this year so thanks for this! My tomatoes are starting to ripen finally so this looks like a winning combo. I also want to keep some for dried.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04467062377749049526noreply@blogger.com