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haricots

beans

Haricot tarbais

Beans, beans, beans...

Beans with the edible pods

haricots beurres: yellow snap beans

haricots d’Espagne: runner beans or butter beans (also known as haricot écarlate, haricot-fleur or haricot à bouquets).

haricots de Lima: Lima beans (very rare in France)

haricots filets: very fine, young and tender green beans; also called haricots aiguilles

haricots fins: thin green beans

haricot kilomètre: yard-long bean or asparagus-bean (also known as dolique asperge, haricot asperge, pois kilomètre, haricot vert chinois, dolique à longue cosse or dolique à longues gousses).

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French food expressions

AOPs and some others

Vegetables

Text © Dana Facaros

Images by Jessica Spengler, Spedona