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  1. Quick n easy. I oven fried a couple of decent sized pork
    chops. Decided to make a salad to go with it, maybe have
    some leftover mashed potatoes, when I spied fresh green beans
    from my little trip to Delicious Orchards.

    Too late to make them cold the way I like it, as a salad I
    guess, but I served them hot. Boiled water, adding a layer
    of a little bit of olive oil, salt ... when it was boiling threw
    in the green beans I'd snapped, along with some granulated
    garlic.

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in
    at least a couple of years. Even better cold.

    nancy

  2. Quoted message said:

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in
    at least a couple of years. Even better cold.

    nancy

    I grew up with frozen, microwaved green beans... now, since I'm in
    charge of the kitchen, a frozen green bean has never -- to my
    knowledge, anyway -- crossed my threshold. I often blanch them and eat
    them with butter and salt (and a touch of garlic). Yum. Haven't done
    too much with salads, though. Anyone got a great green bean salad
    recipe? (Nancy?)

    P.S. Been away last month or two... swamped with work. Ugh! Back in
    the kitchen again, though.
    --

    Karen MacInerney
    Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
    www.karenmacinerney.com

  3. "Karen MacInerney" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in
    at least a couple of years. Even better cold.

    nancy

    I grew up with frozen, microwaved green beans... now, since I'm in
    charge of the kitchen, a frozen green bean has never -- to my
    knowledge, anyway -- crossed my threshold. I often blanch them and eat
    them with butter and salt (and a touch of garlic). Yum. Haven't done
    too much with salads, though. Anyone got a great green bean salad
    recipe? (Nancy?)

    I just do as I said and add minced or garlic paste after I shock
    the cooked beans.

    Quoted message said:

    P.S. Been away last month or two... swamped with work. Ugh! Back in
    the kitchen again, though.

    Nice to see you. Waiting for the word so I can order your
    book: May, right?

    nancy

  4. Nancy Young wrote on 23 Mar 2006 in rec.food.cooking

    Quoted message said:

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in
    at least a couple of years. Even better cold.

    nancy

    I go the baked with butter,crumbled bacon, minced garlic and minced
    onions...garnished with almond slices (Green Bean Almondine)...Very nice!

    --
    -Alan

  5. "Mr Libido Incognito" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    Nancy Young wrote on 23 Mar 2006 in rec.food.cooking

    Quoted message said:

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in
    at least a couple of years. Even better cold.

    Quoted message said:

    I go the baked with butter,crumbled bacon, minced garlic and minced
    onions...garnished with almond slices (Green Bean Almondine)...Very nice!

    Mmm mm! Too bad I don't see those big piles of green beans
    you pick through? Not usually in the regular grocery store.
    I'd have them far more often. I'll keep your recipe in mind.

    nancy

  6. On Thu 23 Mar 2006 06:50:48p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy
    Young?

    Quoted message said:


    "Mr Libido Incognito" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    Nancy Young wrote on 23 Mar 2006 in rec.food.cooking

    Quoted message said:

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in at least a
    couple of years. Even better cold.

    Quoted message said:

    I go the baked with butter,crumbled bacon, minced garlic and minced
    onions...garnished with almond slices (Green Bean Almondine)...Very
    nice!

    Mmm mm! Too bad I don't see those big piles of green beans
    you pick through? Not usually in the regular grocery store.
    I'd have them far more often. I'll keep your recipe in mind.

    nancy

    Within the last month we've been getting some really wonderful young and
    tender green beans, and I've bought several bags. Usually I like to pick
    out my own, but it wasn't necessary with these.

    I liked them prepared just about any way at all, but last night I cooked,
    shocked, and dried them. Then mixed them with fat-free sour cream, dill
    weed, and a bit of finely minced garlic and onion. Served them at room
    temperature.

    --
    Wayne Boatwright o¿o
    ____________________

    BIOYA

  7. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Nancy Young said:

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in
    at least a couple of years. Even better cold.

    nancy

    None from a farmers market or stand in the summer? They're one of my
    favorite vegetables when fresh. I buy an ice cream bucketful and cook
    them all at once in a lot of water (I understand that Ms Child approved
    of this cooking method), drain, then rinse with cold water for a moment
    to stop the cooking. I nibble on them cold, but like them hot, too.
    Anymore I cook them whole.

    I've posted this soup recipe before - it's really good.
    { Exported from MasterCook Mac }

    Green Bean Soup

    Recipe By: Posted again to rec.food.cooking by Barb Schaller 3-23-06
    Serving Size: 6
    Preparation Time: 0:30
    Categories: Soups

    Amount Measure Ingredient Preparation Method
    1 # fresh green beans in 3/4² pieces
    4 cups chicken stock
    2 tsp. salt (I don¹t use it)
    1 clove garlic on a toothpick
    1 tsp. vinegar
    2 Tbsp. butter
    1 small onion chopped fine
    1 tsp. paprika
    2 Tbsp. chopped parsley
    2 Tbsp. flour
    1/4 cup sour cream at room temperature

    Cook beans, salt, vinegar and garlic in chicken stock about 15 minutes.
    Remove from heat. Make roux from everything else except sour cream.
    Dilute with 1 cup bean broth, then stir back into beans and broth.
    Simmer 10 minutes until tender. Remove the garlic. Mix 2 tablespoons
    soup into the sour cream then pour back into soup. Do not boil.
    Correct the seasoning.
    ‹‹‹‹‹
    Notes: Source: Marge, 9/17/94. Pretty tasty! Not as sour as Mom¹s
    Green Bean Soup --cream did not curdle.
    --
    -Barb
    <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-21-2006 Hot Stuff!

    "If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

  8. "Melba's Jammin'" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:
    Nancy Young said:

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in
    at least a couple of years. Even better cold.

    Quoted message said:

    None from a farmers market or stand in the summer? They're one of my
    favorite vegetables when fresh.

    Much easier in the summer. This one place I go has a huge
    pile of them year round. I like picking through them, I get a
    big bag of them.

    Quoted message said:

    I buy an ice cream bucketful and cook
    them all at once in a lot of water (I understand that Ms Child approved
    of this cooking method), drain, then rinse with cold water for a moment
    to stop the cooking. I nibble on them cold, but like them hot, too.
    Anymore I cook them whole.

    You don't snap the ends? I snap both ends.

    Quoted message said:


    I've posted this soup recipe before - it's really good.
    { Exported from MasterCook Mac }

    Green Bean Soup

    Thanks for the recipe, that looks different!

    nancy

  9. On Thu 23 Mar 2006 07:51:59p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Melba's
    Jammin'?

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Nancy Young said:

    Darn, they were good, I haven't had fresh green beans in
    at least a couple of years. Even better cold.

    nancy

    None from a farmers market or stand in the summer? They're one of my
    favorite vegetables when fresh. I buy an ice cream bucketful and cook
    them all at once in a lot of water (I understand that Ms Child approved
    of this cooking method), drain, then rinse with cold water for a moment
    to stop the cooking. I nibble on them cold, but like them hot, too.
    Anymore I cook them whole.

    I've used Julia's method since the 1960s. IMHO, it's the only way to cook
    green beans when using water. (I also like them roasted.)

    Quoted message said:

    I've posted this soup recipe before - it's really good.
    { Exported from MasterCook Mac }

    Green Bean Soup

    <souper recipe snipped>

    I'll vouch for Barb's recipe (not that Barb's recipes need to be vouched
    for), but I've made it several times. It's delicious!

    Barb, isn't that a Slovak recipe?

    --
    Wayne Boatwright o¿o
    ____________________

    BIOYA

  10. Nancy Young said:

    I just do as I said and add minced or garlic paste after I shock
    the cooked beans.


    You know, I just might try it tonight. 🙂

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    P.S. Been away last month or two... swamped with work. Ugh! Back in
    the kitchen again, though.

    Nice to see you. Waiting for the word so I can order your
    book: May, right?

    Thanks, Nancy. You're right, five weeks and counting (give or take a
    few days), which is why I've been out of pocket lately... it's finally
    up on Amazon, though! What a trip! (And one of the reviewers liked my
    blueberry coffee cake recipe. Thank God.)

    I'm going to be all over Texas soon... would love to meet any RFCers --
    drop me a line if you're in Dallas, San Antonio or Houston!

    Oh -- and by the way -- I'm going to be doing this Muffins are Murder
    contest soon -- the winning recipe will be in the next Gray Whale Inn
    mystery and in Bed and Breakfast America Magazine (don't ask how I
    pulled that one off), so drop me a line and I'll get you the info if
    you're interested...

    Whew. You can tell where my head is. Now, back to cooking... and I'm
    already drooling over the green beans!

    --

    Karen MacInerney
    Kitchen experimenter, family chauffeur, and culinary mystery author
    www.karenmacinerney.com

  11. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Nancy Young said:


    You don't snap the ends? I snap both ends.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I've posted this soup recipe before - it's really good.
    { Exported from MasterCook Mac }

    Green Bean Soup

    Thanks for the recipe, that looks different!

    nancy

    Yeah, I snap both ends, dufus. <g> A given.
    --
    -Barb
    <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-21-2006 Hot Stuff!

    "If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

  12. "Melba's Jammin'" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:
    Nancy Young said:


    You don't snap the ends? I snap both ends.

    Quoted message said:

    Yeah, I snap both ends, dufus. <g> A given.

    (laugh) I see them on tv, leaving one end on. Hello,
    snap it off! We have rules, you know.

    nancy

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