The Broad Beans Are Sleeping In Their Blankety Beds

Autumn has definitely set in. Even though the sun has still been doing its best to shine through the London London smog, there is definitely a chill in the air, and there are plenty of goldeny orange leave on the floor.

Although the lovely British berries are slowly declining from the supermarket shelves, there are plenty of earthy root vegetables available, and I got very excited when I saw these massive Broad Beans in Sainsburys recently. I got especially excited when I opened them up to discover just how fluffy the insides of the cases were and just how large the beans themselves were. Mmmmmm

Whilst shelling these, to add them into dinner (an exciting combination of singapore noodles and bubble and squeak) I couldn't help but think of the Autumn song we used to love in school assemblies: Cauliflower's fluffy, and cabbages green:

Cauliflowers fluffy and cabbages green, 

Strawberries sweeter than any I’ve seen. 

Beetroot purple and onions white, 

All grow steadily day and night. 

The apples are ripe, and the plums are red, 

The broadbeans are sleeping in the blankety bed. 

Blackberries are juicy and rhubarb sour, 

Marrows fatt’ning, hour by hour. 

Gooseberries hairy and lettuces fat, 

Radishes round and runner beans flat. 

The apples are ripe, and the plums are red, 

The broadbeans are sleeping in the blankety bed. 

Orangey carrots and turnips cream, 

Reddening tomatoes that used to be green. 

Brown potatoes in little heaps, 

Down in the darkness where the celery sleeps. 

The apples are ripe, and the plums are red, 

The broadbeans are sleeping in the blankety bed, yeah!