Green bush beans used to be called string beans because of fibers along the pods containing the seeds.
VOA: special.2009.03.24
Farmers in the Philippines are showing new interest in crops like winged beans,string beans, arrowroot and cassava.
VOA: special.2010.02.09
From now through September these fruits and vegetables, and others like them, will be practically falling over the tables and bins at the farmers markets throughout the city, sharing space reserved for the standbys such as stringbeans, beets and carrots.
The staff brought out dozens of dishes, and Lang, famished from the constant performance of his day, ate more than anyone, spinning the lazy Susan at the center of the table and scooping off heaps of shrimp, beef, eel, eggplant, stringbeans, tofu.
