I have picked the first of my red long beans:

I have grown regular long beans the last several years but this is my first year growing red long beans. They look pretty much the same but they are a maroon color. I'm assuming they will taste the same - long beans are like string beans with slightly nutty flavor.

I enjoy growing long beans because they are very easy to grow and produce a rather abundant amount of beans. Plus each bean is long (duh) and you get more mileage out of one bean than other string beans. There are still tons on the vine that need to grow a bit more.

Long beans also freeze rather well. I'll probably end up blanching some of these and freezing them for use in the winter. They are really good in a stew or curry in the middle of winter.