Cooking Fordhook Butterbeans

Picked a few green stage butterbeans this afternoon. Boiled them in water only, and the liquid turned dark red. I don’t remember this as normal, but I have never cooked green stage Fordhooks. Is this normal?

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#1 Comment By shelley On 05/26/2015 @ 9:43 pm

Based on my research this phenomenon is normal and is best explained in the following article:
http://www.curiouscook.com/site/beans/ ^[1]

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