What a great way to get the kids to shell the beans.  When mine were small we lived in Virginia Beach and when the ice cream truck was heard nearby, mine and the neighbor kids would start picking dandelion blooms from our yard.   I paid a penny a bloom and they could get a popcicle for a nickel.  In their hurry, they would pick handfuls.  We had they best looking front yard on the block. Ann ............................. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie Belcher" <mflatfooter@swva.net> To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 5:41:45 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] not geneaology....good visit..... It's great when a topic sparks interest and responses come in from listfolks!  I feel like I just had a visit at the kitchen table with you all! We grew up on pinto beans, dried, that my mother soaked and then boiled...I never knew you could grow them in the garden here, until later in life.  We grew octobers in the garden in the 70's-90's , my daughter grows them today. Octobers are larger, and not as brown in color when cooked, and yes, speckled when shelled out.   When we shelled them out at home  the one who got a "redder"  one got a dollar..boy did the kids search for the pod that was more crisper, it usually had the darker beans. Hope everyone has a good day!  I've  got to go fix a mater sandwich! > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:33 PM, lois vick <loho5@msn.com> wrote: > >> Jerry,  if I'm not mistaken October beans >> tasted a lot like pintos.  If I recall they were larger than pintos. >> Maybe >> not as good but when we were young and always hungry almost every thing >> tasted good. >> >> My husband grew so many good tomatoes in TN.  We canned over 70 quarts >> and >> moved them to FL.  in October in 1952. >> I don't think we had a good tomato since. >> The ones the stores have now aren't were carrying home. >> >> Paul I can relate to the milk and corn bread. >> Now that's a great treat. >> >> Lois >> >>  To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message