Need help finding green bean

[mudbug]

I am wondering if anyone can help... About 5 years ago I was sitting in a hotel bar in San Francisco and ordered a bloody mary. Instead of the usual celery, there was a hardy green bean that was pickled in jalapeno juice. I would love to find these beans, the thing that made them different is that they were somewhat furry/fuzzy on the outside and very crisp. Any ideas? If I can find fresh ones, I'd be happy to try and make them myself.

[cookM]

Do you remember what hotel bar that was? It would be easy to call up the hotel from where I'm at...


[This message has been edited by cookM (edited September 19, 2000).]

[mudbug]

Sure don't, believe it was downtown.

Furry and Fuzzy? Could it be Edamame? Was it as long as a green bean or short and stubby?

[shroomgirl]

You eat edamames in the shell? Hogue Farms does commercial pickled green beans, aren't some of the Italian beans furry, I think so.

[mudbug]

It was not edamame, I have a farmer friend who supplies me with the plant so I can pick off the beans myself, so I know they are too small for what I had previously.

These were 7-9 inches long. If italian beans are fuzzy, I would like to know what they are called and info on sources.

I don't know about the furry/fuzzy part, but hot pickled green beans used to be available mail order from the New Orleans School of Cookery (Cooking?). The place seems to have changed hands a few years ago and I lost track of them, so don't know if they're still in business. I seem to recall a number of other shops in NOLA that had the same item.