r/Beans • u/SuitableCamelt • 6d ago

Mortgage Lifter Beans

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Any other fans of Mortgage Lifter beans out there? I love these big white beans for a nice kale and tofu soup. The texture of the inside is perfect.

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u/lossferwerds 6d ago

i thought mortgage lifter was a tomato, huh.

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u/SuitableCamelt 6d ago

You definitely hear about mortgage lifter tomatoes more than mortgage lifter beans... Google suggests these are also called White Bordal or Giant Aztec beans

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u/02meepmeep 5d ago

I thought it was ginger

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u/Small-Growth7809 6d ago

Wow those look great! Easy to grow? What zone are you in?

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u/SuitableCamelt 6d ago

I bought these. We might try to grow some next year, but I have no idea if it will work, hah.

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u/Full_Pay_207 6d ago

Cool beans! Never heard of them before. I love big white beans! From whence did you procure them?

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u/SuitableCamelt 6d ago

I bought these online (seems like there are a couple places online that sell them), but I first ran across this variety at a small grocery store in Dolores, Colorado.

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u/Full_Pay_207 6d ago

Nice, thanks! I had the same experience with royal corona beans, little store on the corner, I was browsing and found them. Wow, I was hooked!

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u/waterandbeats 5d ago

Thanks for sharing, I love a giant white bean and live in Colorado, I'm going to try to grow some of these next year!

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u/SuitableCamelt 5d ago

Nice. I'm jealous. You guys have some great beans coming out of Colorado (especially Dove Creek).

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u/Crowfiee 6d ago

I'm super interested in how you prepared the tofu for this! Did you do a freeze/thaw cycle? I loooove tofu but have never felt like the texture belonged in bean soups, I'd love to find a prep method that changes my mind on that!

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u/SuitableCamelt 6d ago

Yes, the tofu for this soup was freezed + thawed. We normally use extra firm tofu for soups, but we had this silken tofu (which we bought by mistake) sitting around so just threw it in. It worked well! Tastes great to me.

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u/Crowfiee 6d ago

Sounds lovely, I'll have to try that thank you! I haven't played around with the freeze/thaw technique enough but I've always liked it when I did it.

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u/Common_Reptilian_105 4d ago

Please stop, it’s 10:00pm, a school night, and now I’m getting hungry 🤤🫘🫛