Broad beans

I buy frozen ones, which are generally small and tender and don't usually need skinning.

Why?????

Phoenix, some folk don't like the skins as they're a bit chewy. Personally, I don't mind eating them but there are those who do!

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

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

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

Skinning them sounds a bit like filleting whitebait!

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 might stick with edemame beans!

The skins seem much more leathery than i remember.

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.

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.

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

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)

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.

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

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.

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 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 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

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 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.

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

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!

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

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