Oh, Lovely Lazy Housewife,
You hide upon the vine.
I lift and poke and search about
Until you are truly mine.
Will your knobbly countenance
Save you from the knife?
No! you are such a tasty dish,
Those bumps won't save your life.
Yep, it doesn't seem to matter how long or bumpy-beany
the Lazy Housewife beans become,
they are still wonderful!
(pictured above with some Purple Kings for company)
A young housewife, picked in her prime is
(as every fellow knows) tender and cooks well whole.
However when they get older,
a bit of preparation may be necessary
before enjoying what she has to offer.
When I was a girl my mother had one of these
I like this little gadget.
It isn't something new...
just good.
This part is on a spring and allows the guide
to open up to accommodate even obese lazy housewives.
See those blades inside? Mwaa-ha-ha-ha!
It has a blade in the end to top and tail the housewife.
Note how the guide has sprung closed in this photo.
Then you just push-pull the bean through.
The little blades at the sides, on the guides
take off the old lazy housewife's stringy bits.
What you end up with is a pile of evenly sliced beans,
regardless of the size you started with.
A quick steam and
this little housewife
will be yours to savor!
What a gem! And it makes the beans so yummy & sexy. Great post, sorry I can't reply in rhyme.
ReplyDeleteOh this is the first time I have seen that gadget.Juicy beans.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen one of those either. Interesting! though I usually don't grow any beans that could be stringy.
ReplyDeleteHazel, only you could make a bean-slicer sound like a sex toy!
ReplyDeleteI grew some Lazy Houswife beans last Summer, but I let them mature to produce shelling beans. I think they are the type of bean that the French use in Cassoulet, which is a favourite of mine.
In the US, beans prepared this way were called "French cut". I used to have a tool similar to yours, but I haven't seen one in years.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, first poetry and then a very handy bit of information. You are full of surprises Hazel dear. :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh cool gadget.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, I have one of those rotary bean slices: http://gooseberryjamman.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/my-latest-and-greatest-market-buy.html
ReplyDeleteGreat little invention but very heavy and hard to clean...I used it heaps when I first got it but like most gadgets it now just sits in the cupboard. I like the idea of that little slicer you have, I've always wondered how they work,looks like they do a good job, nothing worse than stringy beans! :)
Oh lovely juicy Purple Kings,
ReplyDeleteYou hide upon my vine,
Those rats just search about,
And eat what is mine.
Hazel I used to love that rotary bean slicer but nowadays I just cook them whole!
HDW
I remember my mother using one of those as well - when I saw another post of yours with the beans sliced that way, it reminded me of her. Might be time to go and get myself one (or raid her draw)
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