On 27/04/2014 1:52 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.
>
My father grew them but it's the texture on the teeth that I don't like
- a sort of silica grating on the surface. The "screech" of cheese curds
in poutine is similar.
My sister OTOH loves green/runner/pole beans.
Graham