"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-04-27 3:42 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 25/04/2014 9:05 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>>> really liked the end result.
>>
>> To me, green beans are perfect when served to others! It's one vegetable
>> I can live without.
>>
> When I was a kid my father always had a vegetable garden and he always
> grew green beans. Maybe I like them so much because I always expect them
> to be as tasty as the beans we used have, cooked within minutes of
> picking. I have to say that when I buy them at the supermarket they tend
> to be disappointing, but I at least have that standard of delciousness by
> which to judge them.

Agree with you there. The grocery ones are often old looking. Once in a
while I will get good, fresh looking ones but usually on a day when I can't
cook them right away.