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Default Perfect green beans!


"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
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>> In article >, Julie Bove
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>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>>> really
>>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I
>>> got
>>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really
>>> good
>>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!

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>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>> end. Just sayin'.

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> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
> beans.


I don't like balsamic or steamed veg.