"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>>>>
>>>> I changed it a bit, but only so far as making it all from scratch.
>>>>
>>>> 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!!!
>>>>
>>>> So, big success) Thanks sf
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sounds nice! I'm glad you were able to adapt it to your tastes.
>>
>> I did and it will now be regular side for us)
>>
> 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.

I don't fancy it with the soup because I don't like that soup but my version
is *very* good) I can't say the beans stood out and I will try it with
other veggies as a base

>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Of course. Will you try it?
>>
> 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.
>>
>> Perhaps she meant to) One of those round tuit things <g>
>>
> 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.

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