"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Hmmm... I've never tried it with wine.

Where do you buy the Marsala? I tried looking in a few stores and they
didn't have it.