On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:56:34 -0600, Katra >
wrote:

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>blake murphy wrote:
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>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:25:13 -0500, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
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>> >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
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>
>Are you, like, into old threads or what??? :-)
>
>You snap beans to get rid of the strings.
>
>K.

most of the green beans i get are from the supermarket - they don't
seem to have significant strings.

your pal,
blake