blake murphy wrote:
>
> 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


Are you, like, into old threads or what??? :-)

You snap beans to get rid of the strings.

K.

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