Yellow-eye beans are small, off-white beans with a characteristic yellowish-brown marking. Popular in the state of Maine, this variety has a mild flavor that is similar to the Navy or Great Northern bean, but is considered superior in taste. They are dense and creamy and make a terrific bean soup, whole beaned or pureed.

Basic Bean Cooking Instructions Pick over beans and rinse in cold water. Place beans in a bowl of fresh cold water, cover and soak for 3 to 4 hours or overnight at room temperature; drain and rinse well. Or place beans in a saucepan and cover with water, bring to a boil, remove from the heat , and soak for 1 hours, drain and rinse well. Cook beans by covering with 2" of water, simmering 1 to 2 hours or until tender depending on size of the bean.

Please Note: Since these are fresh beans they do not need the long soaking of store bought beans.  Oversoaking these beans will cause them to sprout and ferment.

These beans are grown by Morningstar Meadow farms in Glover, Vermont. Seth specializes in growing dry beans for us and does an excellent job on his hill farm. He learned much of what he knows from Jack Lazor at Butterworks Farm. Mentoring is a rich tradition up here in Vermont.

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