From Member Ginny (and her Italian Hairdresser, whose stuffed eggplant recipe I await 🙂
*you may see the speckled red shell beans on our market table or in your CSA box sometime.

Shell Beans, Cranberry Beans, French Horticultural Beans, Tongue of Fire....
Shell Beans, Cranberry Beans, French Horticultural Beans, Tongue of Fire….

Shell Beans, Potatoes, and Garlic
Cook shell beans (Roma are best) and boil potatoes separately. Mash potatoes and thin with some of the potato cooking water. Add some olive oil, the beans, salt, pepper, hot pepper (optional) and freshly pressed fresh garlic (crucial). Serve warm.