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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI ate a big can of green beans yesterday.
And I'm going to eat another can today.
Threw in some butter when heating them up. Square cut ends, not french style.
Freakin' things are delicious.
I'll probably have a can a day for the next year or so.
It's like when I first had an eggroll.
I liked it so much, that I ate at least one a day for the next few years.
The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)Sue me.
LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)That's sounds delicious...I'm going to try it. I like them cold sometimes as well.
Iggo
(47,553 posts)montanacowboy
(6,089 posts)I thought I was the only one!! I had a can last night and I like them cold with salt. My sister practically gags when I eat them, but boy, they are freaking good!
LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)until recently.
I'll tell you one thing...they negated the constipating effect of all the cheese I ate yesterday!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)I can't do it for a few weeks though, because I have a temporary crown and a very sore gum around it.
What kind of nuts?
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)Slivered almonds.
WARNING: since you just had dental work... I broke 2 teeth eating whole almonds, but the slivered ones are easier to chew.
Ohiogal
(32,000 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)Ohiogal
(32,000 posts)I loathe green bean casserole ....with the mushroom soup, etc.
But I think the plain canned green beans are really pretty good!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)who was a great cook and she would simmer canned green beans with plenty of butter for probably over an hour, with salt to taste. It was like the longer she simmered them, the better the taste. I could eat a plate full.
I was raised on fresh garden Southern country cooking and haven't figured out the logic of her success with green beans yet. It just works, but seems to work better with a good brand like Del Monte. I suppose the butter awakens the flavor.
Now you got me craving green beans, sautéed squash and mashed potatoes.......
That's how I'm triggered but never, never by Republicans.....
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I wish I had some right now. I love vegetable dishes.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,246 posts)love them: hot, cold (not frozen anymore), steamed, raw, sauteed, w/ or w/o butter. There's just something about those little cabbages, and I don't really have to worry about having to share them too much.
I'm totally going to try green beans - square cut ends. - thanks.
Croney
(4,661 posts)I'm the only one at my house who likes beets, so I'll open a can and eat them cold. Or mixed with the green beans.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)SouthernIrish
(512 posts)badhair77
(4,218 posts)a bit of salt. Never mushy. Im seeing all kinds of new ideas here.
Srkdqltr
(6,290 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)We used to grow them in our garden and my dad would cook them w/ garlic and potato. They were delicious! You can't find them in grocery stores but they have such a different flavor than regular green beans. They are so hearty you could almost make a main dish out of them.
Maine-i-acs
(1,499 posts)15 min simmer for all to be done.
water from the can is enough for the rice
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)Piasladic
(1,160 posts)When I was a kid, I guess i was a bit weird. Along with my occasional NowOrLaters, I got a big can of some peas or green beans. Once, I just got the can. The clerk thought I was impoverished, and asked if I had a home... Nice of him to ask, and I sort of wish I'd taken him on his offer.
Anyway, I now realize it was the salt and sugar combined that made it taste sooo good. Kids don't know what they're missing. Now, I just buy the stuff raw at the grocery, and while it isn't the crack of artificial sugar and salt, it's pretty tasty.
Kali
(55,008 posts)or just a teaspoon of bacon grease.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)but usually frozen and NOT French style... I put olive oil and seasoned salt on them
samnsara
(17,622 posts).....the worse food ever except when they are pickled and surrounded by vodka salt and tomato juice
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)green beans.
Butterflylady
(3,543 posts)The frozen not so much.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)by eating green vegetables, before challenging me to still another sumo pillow fight - which she usually wins, though not easily.
[Yes, she does sometimes lose those sumo pillow fights when she eats 'junky'].
ms liberty
(8,577 posts)Not home canned, which here in the south means that when you heat t HD em, you gave limp looking, mushy pot of something that looks like it was slow cooked for hours and would stick to any wall you threw it at. Those are nasty, and I refuse to eat them. But green beans out of the can are delicious! Regular and french style. Heat em up, butter, salt and pepper to taste. The beans have some body to them and a crispness. I always get the no salt added; to me they taste more fresh, and I'd rather season it myself.
mbusby
(823 posts)Red beans and rice, butter beans and corn bread. Either with shrimp gumbo, crawfish etoufee and/or fried alligator strips.
magicarpet
(14,150 posts)Sandwich bag of green beans - washed and cut, then cut beans in thirds - then steam beans to half cooked.
Two medium size onions cut in cube pieces about the size of a laptop key board letter key - cook in a fry pan until barely soft - then add to 1/2 cooked beans.
Garlic - five or six good sized cloves - mash with garlic masher or cut in thin slivers - add to green beans and onions.
A can of stewed tomatoes add to green bean pot - (used a Dutch oven pot with a good lid).
Finally cook 2 or 3 lamb shoulder chops in a fry pan - cut lamb into cubes - throw the round bone into the pot too for the marrow.
Add pepper, salt, garlic powder, (cayenne pepper-optional) - to your favor/taste
Cook on low heat 1/2 hr.
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Good with garlic bread or Syrian pocket bread and humus.
Few cups of Red wine.
d_r
(6,907 posts)Not as good as from the garden and stringing them on the front porch, but a lot less work.
Marthe48
(16,962 posts)with a little olive oil and salt. I've been roasting almost all of my veggies lately. I like the flavor and texture.
Coventina
(27,120 posts)Canned green beans are the only way I can really enjoy them.
I really dislike the fresh or frozen. Don't know why, but there it is!
(And I also hate green bean casserole!)
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,440 posts)Whiskey makes you poop better?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Im not sure it makes you poop better, although the colors are quite interesting sometimes