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Butter on green beans?
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:14:17 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: >W. Baker wrote: >> Julie Bove > wrote: >>> I love green beans. I bought a steamer bag of fresh green beans and >>> made them for dinner tonight. Normally I just steam them and eat >>> them. But the directions said to put butter, salt and pepper on >>> them. I also read of a recipe in a magazine that called for butter >>> and parmesan cheese on them. Now once in a while I have made green >>> beans or beans and carrots with a little olive oil. But never >>> butter. But I decided to try it. >> >>> I didn't like it! I didn't like it at all! Maybe it's because I >>> grew up eating plain vegetables. Mostly they were canned but once >>> in a while they were fresh. My grandma did make beans with bacon in >>> them, but I only remember having those a few times. >> >>> So... Do you put butter on your beans? I think the only veggie I >>> ever put butter on is potatoes. I don't even like it on corn. Once >>> in a while on popcorn, but usually I even prefer that without. >> >> I never put butter on vegetables and my mother never did. As most of >> our meals withstriing beans meals had meat, butter would nt have been >> considered. >> >> I do not like buttered vegetables and, like you, I believe it is >> because it is not what I grew up with. >> >> I eat, and enjoy many foods I did not grow up with, but somehow I >> prefer my vegetables plain, unless in some kind of dish like >> ratatouie(sp?) or those great Greek stringbeans in tasty tomato based >> sauce, or Chinese, etc. > >I did have zucchini that I liked in a diner in NJ. They were stewed in >tomato sauce. I do not normally like zucchini and have never had any stewed >since that I liked. And I tried a lot of recipes. > I take raw zucchini and cut it up (skin on) into a small pot. Add a can of canned tomatoes. Chop an onion and add it to the pot. Cut up a couple of cloves of garlic and add that too. Add a couple of tablespoons worth of olive oil Add a splash of Marsala wine. Salt, Pepper, red pepper flakes, oregano, basil, and parsley. Simmer till the zucchini is tender. It is absolutely delicious this way. Evelyn |
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