On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:25:13 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>The Wolf wrote:
>
>> It is a royal pain in the butt to trim the stems though, any tricks oh wise
>> one?
>
>I find it therapudic (sp) to snap green beans, but if I was in a hurry,
>I'd line them up and whack with a knife. One end, then line up the
>other end. Whack. Hardly work.
>
>nancy

i've always thought than snapping your beans had the same purpose as
snapping asparagus - you get rid of the more fibrous parts.

your pal,
blake