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Default Butter on green beans?

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"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> I love green beans. I bought a steamer bag of fresh green beans and made
> them for dinner tonight. Normally I just steam them and eat them. But the
> directions said to put butter, salt and pepper on them. I also read of a
> recipe in a magazine that called for butter and parmesan cheese on them.
> Now once in a while I have made green beans or beans and carrots with a
> little olive oil. But never butter. But I decided to try it.
>
> I didn't like it! I didn't like it at all! Maybe it's because I grew up
> eating plain vegetables. Mostly they were canned but once in a while they
> were fresh. My grandma did make beans with bacon in them, but I only
> remember having those a few times.
>
> So... Do you put butter on your beans? I think the only veggie I ever put
> butter on is potatoes. I don't even like it on corn. Once in a while on
> popcorn, but usually I even prefer that without.


Absolutely, always with butter and some herbs/salt/pepper, unless I've
sauteed them with olive oil and garlic. (Also, always real butter, not
margarine, which some people insist on calling butter.)

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