they're really good cooked and tossed with olive oil&basalmic vinegar&goat/cheese, eaten warm. if you mash up a few potatoes and add them, it's a hearty main dish. oh, garlic&salt&pepper&spices are good in this too. it also saves well to eat cold the next day.

i wonder if you could puree them with some tomatoes and oil and garlic and make a green-bean-based gazpacho thingy?