things I learned recently
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 07:03:10 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 06:30:14 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:
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>>> 1. green beans are hard to cook right - there's a narrow tolerance for
>>> doneness
>>
>>Thank you! That is one vegetable that I'd rather buy frozen because
>>when *I* cook them from fresh they are either so undercooked they
>>squeak on my teeth or they are overcooked and too mushy. I feel like
>>I rarely hit the stopped squeaking, but not mushy sweet spot.
>>>
> snip
> Why don't you just sample one from the cooking pot to see how done
> they are? That's what I do.
one time she burned her fingers that way, so never again!
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