On 12/1/2013 12:21 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 12/1/2013 10:08 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> As some may know, I had been seeing 'green bean casserole' included in
>>> the menus here for Thanksgiving and asked about it. I understand that
>>> some folk like to use soup for the sauce, but I don't like that soup
>>> and sf was kind enough to post a recipe which didn't use the soup.
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>>> I changed it a bit, but only so far as making it all from scratch.
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>>> So, we had it for lunch today and we really enjoyed it)) I made it
>>> all from scratch ... fried my onions ... the bread was my own (wholemeal
>>> with added seeds) and I used heavy cream and chicken broth with garlic
>>> and seasoning for the sauce I made half the amount in the recipe sf
>>> posted but there was still a lot left. I asked DH if he wanted me to
>>> throw it away or save it and he said noooooo save it, I will eat it
>>> later) Can't get a better recommendation that that!!!
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>>> So, big success) Thanks sf
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>> Sounds nice! I'm glad you were able to adapt it to your tastes.
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> I did and it will now be regular side for us)
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Good! I enjoy hearing you've made something you were unfamiliar with
and liked it. Especially since people make green bean casserole sound
like a joke. Campbell's soup company is credited with creating it,
sure. But cooks were bound to come up with homemade versions.

>> One of the things I discovered when I came here was a recipe for Green
>> Bean Casserole. Mom had written it down and taped it to the inside of
>> a kitchen cupboard. (Yes, it's the one that calls for cream of
>> mushroom soup.) The recipe is still there on the inside cupboard
>> door. I don't have the heart to take it down.
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> Of course. Will you try it?
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I might try making my own version, as you did. Not the one with the
canned soup. But to be honest, it doesn't really sound like something
I'd glom onto.

>> Oddly, Green Bean Casserole was not something she ever served us, at
>> Thanksgiving or any other time.
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> Perhaps she meant to) One of those round tuit things <g>
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Oh, I don't think so. I suspect my dad asked her to make it one year.
She may have asked a neighbor for the recipe. It's hand-written on a
piece of note paper, not on a card in her recipe box.

Jill