Broad beans

For me broad bean that needs skinning is one that has been grown too long and begun to turn floury and not very nice.

Broad beans should be young and sweet and keep their skins on. Just cook briefly and add a little bit of butter - gorgeous.

I love broad beans and grow them, I have never thought of skinning them, must try that.

Who in heck would skin broad beans....!!!!! The tastier veg bar none.

I grow and eat broad beans - skin and all. Have never thought about skinning them. Life's too short.

Picked whilst still young and tender and there's no need to skin them!

I agree they taste much nicer without the skins. I spent years thinking I didn't like them until I tried them skinless! Agree it's fiddly I put them in hot water for a while which makes it easier.
I think I have seen small skinned bags in waitrose

Never occurred to me to skin broad beans! Recently watched my dear French friend skin every one of them on her plate with a knife and fork!

why skin them? just cut up boil/steam and eat.

I love broad beans freshly gathered of course. They are as tender as can be and also more flavoursome than frozen. Nor do they need skinning and I'm no fan of tough skins, tomatoes spring to mind on that score and I always peel apples too.

As an aside - When we grew them I found that when I de-pod them my fingers become black from something in the pod.
I loved the velvety feel of the inside of the pod, but we never ate the whole thing.
It's one of the few veg. you can plant early in the year, as they're frost-hardy.

I pop them in a bowl then pour boiling water over then after a couple of minutes nic the end and push the bean out .It is time consuming but if you are not in a rush just listen to the radio and enjoy the task

I used to loathe broad beans until I discovered double podding.
If I plan them for the weekend when dh cooks then he does it all!!

I too like my broad beans skinned. I’m afraid I see it as a labour of love though. Horribly time consuming even if done the way everyone knows!

I love broad beans, have done since I was a child and my father grew them. I like them left to grow quite big. The baby ones don’t have as much flavour or texture. I don’t like the frozen ones, so my broad bean intake is quite limited, unfortunately.

Grow your own and pick them while still small, then you can eat the lot - pods as well!

Kittylester, mostly I eat the skins, great fibre, but occasionally I like to skin them and find its easiest to cook them briefly, them douse in cold water, nick the ends, squeeze gently and out they pop.

If you grow them yourself and eat them fresh from the garden (or freeze them immediately) they do not need skinning.

I have yet to buy any commercially grown broad beans that didn't have course skins, even tinned or frozen, so broad beans are a summer treat for a few weeks, which makes them so special. Last year I had a complete crop failure.

Same applies to runner beans, only acceptable straight from the garden (although I do freeze them)

I've just done some frozen ones and was disappointed.

Same as Liz above.
The skins come off easily that way, but more often we ate them skin and all.
Or buy the frozen ones - just as nice.

We used to grow broad beans on the allotment. I used to pick them on a sunny day and then come home, boil the beans for a minute or two and sit in the garden peeling off the skin before freezing.

I might stick with edemame beans!

The skins seem much more leathery than i remember.

Waitrose know how.
Here is their guide.
To be honest, I prefer them without the skins too. It is a bit time consuming to double pod them. I tend to use frozen broad beans.

I think broad beans are as tasty as plastic and I steer well clear of them !

Skinning them sounds a bit like filleting whitebait!

Like stuffing Mushrooms ....................... life is too short

Because they are lovely without skins but I'm very lazy!