On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:25:15 +1000, "Ozgirl"
> wrote:

>
>
>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
>news
>> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:14:17 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>W. Baker wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> I never put butter on vegetables and my mother never did. As most
>>>> of
>>>> our meals withstriing beans meals had meat, butter would nt have
>>>> been
>>>> considered.
>>>>
>>>> I do not like buttered vegetables and, like you, I believe it is
>>>> because it is not what I grew up with.
>>>>
>>>> I eat, and enjoy many foods I did not grow up with, but somehow I
>>>> prefer my vegetables plain, unless in some kind of dish like
>>>> ratatouie(sp?) or those great Greek stringbeans in tasty tomato
>>>> based
>>>> sauce, or Chinese, etc.
>>>
>>>I did have zucchini that I liked in a diner in NJ. They were stewed
>>>in
>>>tomato sauce. I do not normally like zucchini and have never had any
>>>stewed
>>>since that I liked. And I tried a lot of recipes.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I take raw zucchini and cut it up (skin on) into a small pot.
>> Add a can of canned tomatoes.
>> Chop an onion and add it to the pot.
>> Cut up a couple of cloves of garlic and add that too.
>> Add a couple of tablespoons worth of olive oil
>> Add a splash of Marsala wine.
>>
>> Salt, Pepper, red pepper flakes, oregano, basil, and parsley.
>>
>> Simmer till the zucchini is tender. It is absolutely delicious this
>> way.
>
>Even better if the last thing added, as you take it off the stove, is a
>slurp of a very strong flavoured olive oil. I do that with beef spagetti
>sauce at the last minute too. The flavour tends to cook away if you add
>it whilst cooking. When I was 2 we had the good fortune of living right
>across the road from a newly migrated Italian family. Over the years I
>was invited to eat there a lot and witness them cooking. That's where
>I picked up the olive oil trick. There house always had the yummiest
>smells and their kitchen chairs always had home made spagetti hanging
>over the backs of them.


Great trick, yes!

Evelyn