On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 10:21:58 -0600, notbob wrote:
> Yes, I've tasted what were sold as "haricot verts" (hari-CO verz). I
> was roundly chastised --in this newsgroup-- for "loving the French".
>
> I was also told I didn't know spit about "green beans", that haricot
> vert's were simply plain ol' green beans. NOT TRUE! I recall a passage
> I read, by a young chef in France who was, "staging" and claimed he only
> wanted to go back to his cheapO domicile and eat some "haricot verts
> drenched in butter".
Here was your post:
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On 4/1/15 notbob wrote
On 2015-04-01, Dave Smith > wrote:
> identical to the green beans I get here.
I see all this discussion over hericot verts and how they are
exactly the same as NorAm green beans. I disagree.
North American grn beans are typically "string" beans, named not
cuz they are of long length, but because they have a fibrous
"string" that is typically removed. Blue Lake is a very popular
variety of NorAm string/snap bean.
I once bought a bundle (yes, bundled) of hericot verts (imported
from France) at a high end gourmet sprmkt, common in the SFBA.
They did not look like typical US string beans, but were longer and
thinner. Kinda like young Chinese Long Beans. Anyway, I steamed
'em and added only butter and S/P.
Now, having worked in a couple canneries, I know what a string bean
is. I love Blue Lake string beans. These haricot verts were
nothing at all like them. Stringless, thin, "crisp and tender",
they were unlike anything I've ever eaten before or since. They
were excellent!
http://www.foodsubs.com/Snapbean.html#haricot verts
nb
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And then nobody followed up to you.
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=...Y%5B576-600%5D
Nobody said a word in response to your post. All that was just in
your imgnashun.
Jill took a minor beating for suggesting they were simply regular
green beans, while Popeye insisted they were just immature regular
green beans. And nobody was accused of loving the French.