I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never really
liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I got
at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really good
beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!

So it seems for me to like them, I need the canned ones. Perhaps because
this is the way my grandma made them. I kept trying with fresh beans and
the end result while edible wasn't quite what I wanted.

So I have a big mess of these and a little bit of mashed potatoes on the
side. I have perfected those as well. Found a bottle of butter flavored
extract in the cupboard and added a few drops. Gave them the rich flavor
that I wanted, since I can't use real butter or even milk. Yum!

In article >, Julie Bove
> wrote:

> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never really
> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I got
> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really good
> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!

The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
end. Just sayin'.

leo

"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, Julie Bove
> > wrote:
>
>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>> really
>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I
>> got
>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really good
>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>
> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
> end. Just sayin'.
>
> leo

Not for me! Not a big fan of vinegar and especially not in beans.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >, Julie Bove
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>>> really
>>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I
>>> got
>>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really
>>> good
>>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>>
>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>> end. Just sayin'.
>>
>> leo
>
> Not for me! Not a big fan of vinegar and especially not in beans.

And fresh beans are gross.
>

"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >, Julie Bove
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>>>> really
>>>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>>>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>>>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>>>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I
>>>> got
>>>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really
>>>> good
>>>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>>>
>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>>
>>> leo
>>
>> Not for me! Not a big fan of vinegar and especially not in beans.
>
> And fresh beans are gross.

I don't mind them but... I actually prefer the canned. Everyone in this
family does so... Yep. We're also big on black olives. I'll eat most
other kinds and husband will have some but black is the big winner.

When I was in the hospital, someone who came in through the garage commented
on my stockpile and told my mom that we had better get to eating those
vegetables that were out there. I told my mom that what was there at that
moment was nothing! I felt slightly panicky as we were running low on the
green beans. But for the most part, while I was out of commission, we ate
salad instead of beans. I could get salad items delivered for about the
same price as the regular grocery store but the canned beans were more
expensive than what I like to pay. The olives were a tad more to get
delivered but... We've got to have the olives! Salad is no fun with no
olives!

"Julie Bove" > wrote in
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> The olives were a tad more to get delivered but... We've got to
> have the olives! Salad is no fun with no olives!
>
Let me guess, canned olives?


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On 4/26/2014 2:25 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>


>>
>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>> end. Just sayin'.
>>
>> leo
>
> Not for me! Not a big fan of vinegar and especially not in beans.

Try a squeeze of lemon. Some flavored vinegars are good too and don't
have that strong vinegar tast.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>> leo
>>
>> Not for me! Not a big fan of vinegar and especially not in beans.
>
>Try a squeeze of lemon. Some flavored vinegars are good too and don't
>have that strong vinegar tast.

Soy sauce is good with stir fried green beans. I also like to
marinate blanched fresh green beans in Italian salad dressing.
I like many Margaret Holmes products... these are superb:
http://www.margaretholmes.com/produc...n-green-beans/
Other than fresh picked from the home garden no other produce is more
nutritious than canned:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ruZ...ature=youtu.be

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 4/26/2014 2:25 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>
>
>>>
>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>>
>>> leo
>>
>> Not for me! Not a big fan of vinegar and especially not in beans.
>
> Try a squeeze of lemon. Some flavored vinegars are good too and don't
> have that strong vinegar tast.

Lemon is good!

"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, Julie Bove
> > wrote:
>
>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>> really
>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I
>> got
>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really good
>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>
> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
> end. Just sayin'.

I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my beans.


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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article >, Julie Bove
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>>> really
>>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I
>>> got
>>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really
>>> good
>>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>>
>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>> end. Just sayin'.
>
> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
> beans.

I don't like balsamic or steamed veg.

On 4/26/2014 5:22 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >, Julie Bove
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and
>>>> never really
>>>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>>>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>>>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>>>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that
>>>> I got
>>>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really
>>>> good
>>>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>>>
>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>
>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>> beans.
>
> I don't like balsamic or steamed veg.

What do you think canned vegetables are? Fried?

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"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 4/26/2014 5:22 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> In article >, Julie Bove
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and
>>>>> never really
>>>>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps
>>>>> a
>>>>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>>>>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>>>>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that
>>>>> I got
>>>>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really
>>>>> good
>>>>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>>>>
>>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>>
>>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>>> beans.
>>
>> I don't like balsamic or steamed veg.
>
> What do you think canned vegetables are? Fried?
>

No. But canned green beans and steamed fresh green beans have a totally
different taste and texture.

On 4/26/2014 10:14 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:

> What do you think canned vegetables are? Fried?
>
+1

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On 4/26/2014 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>
>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>> end. Just sayin'.
>
> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my beans.
>
>

I like fresh green beans sauteed with garlic and halved or quartered
cherry tomatoes and a little Balsamic vinegar.. I detest canned green
beans. To me they aren't "real" vegetables. Frozen are fine.

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"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 4/26/2014 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>
>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>
>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>> beans.
>>
>>
>
> I like fresh green beans sauteed with garlic and halved or quartered
> cherry tomatoes and a little Balsamic vinegar.. I detest canned green
> beans. To me they aren't "real" vegetables. Frozen are fine.

Around here, we love canned green beans. I like to warm them in a skillet
with a little bacon grease and garlic. I like fresh if they're cooked long
enough to be quite soft.

Cheri

Cheri

"Cheri" > wrote in
:

>
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> eb.com...
>> On 4/26/2014 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>>
>>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>>
>>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>>> beans.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I like fresh green beans sauteed with garlic and halved or quartered
>> cherry tomatoes and a little Balsamic vinegar.. I detest canned
>> green beans. To me they aren't "real" vegetables. Frozen are fine.
>
> Around here, we love canned green beans.

I'd eat them, but the wife and son wouldn't. My son and I both love green
beans fresh or frozen, cooked a LONG time, until they're as soft as canned.

We're both that way about carrots as well.


> I like to warm them in a
> skillet with a little bacon grease and garlic. I like fresh if they're
> cooked long enough to be quite soft.
>
Or pressure cooked with the bacon grease and crumbled bacon added at the
beginning.
>
> Cheri
>



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"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 4/26/2014 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>
>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>
>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>> beans.
>>
>>
>
> I like fresh green beans sauteed with garlic and halved or quartered
> cherry tomatoes and a little Balsamic vinegar.. I detest canned green
> beans. To me they aren't "real" vegetables. Frozen are fine.

Pretty much the way I make ours. The only canned veg I use are tomatoes
and sweetcorn. Other canned veg tastes 'off' to me.

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On 4/26/2014 11:13 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 4/26/2014 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>
>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>
>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>> beans.
>>
>>
>
> I like fresh green beans sauteed with garlic and halved or quartered
> cherry tomatoes and a little Balsamic vinegar.. I detest canned green
> beans. To me they aren't "real" vegetables. Frozen are fine.
>
I think for most people, it's what you got used to growing up. I
remember I used to think I liked canned green beans, the texture was
mushy and at the time I liked that. I usually make them from fresh or
frozen now, and tried a can not too long ago and it just tasted like metal.

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"Cheryl" > wrote in message
b.com...
> On 4/26/2014 11:13 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 4/26/2014 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>>
>>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>>
>>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>>> beans.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I like fresh green beans sauteed with garlic and halved or quartered
>> cherry tomatoes and a little Balsamic vinegar.. I detest canned green
>> beans. To me they aren't "real" vegetables. Frozen are fine.
>>
> I think for most people, it's what you got used to growing up. I remember
> I used to think I liked canned green beans, the texture was mushy and at
> the time I liked that. I usually make them from fresh or frozen now, and
> tried a can not too long ago and it just tasted like metal.

I grew up eating mostly canned veggies. We did have a salad or some raw
veggies on the table as well. I did have a garden but we have a very short
growing season and many years, the garden didn't produce much beyond leaf
lettuce and a few peas.

On 4/26/2014 9:05 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 4/26/2014 11:13 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 4/26/2014 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>>
>>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>>
>>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>>> beans.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I like fresh green beans sauteed with garlic and halved or quartered
>> cherry tomatoes and a little Balsamic vinegar.. I detest canned green
>> beans. To me they aren't "real" vegetables. Frozen are fine.
>>
> I think for most people, it's what you got used to growing up. I
> remember I used to think I liked canned green beans, the texture was
> mushy and at the time I liked that. I usually make them from fresh or
> frozen now, and tried a can not too long ago and it just tasted like metal.
>

I agree. When I was growing up in the 1950's there was mostly canned
available. I hated canned vegetables, except maybe corn. My mother
would buy fresh ones in the summer and I'd eat them raw. I also ate raw
peas, freshly shelled, raw turnip, raw carrots, raw broccoli, raw
cauliflower, etc. When frozen vegetables became available she bought
them and I ate them.

I still love raw veggies. My newest craze is raw okra. It's not at all
slimy and very yummy.

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"Ophelia" wrote:
>
>"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
t...
>> In article >, Julie Bove
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>>> really
>>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I
>>> got
>>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really good
>>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>>
>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>> end. Just sayin'.
>
>I don't like canned veg much and I steam my beans.

You'd do better with a quick stir fry.
Unless you consume the steaming liquid steamed veggies are practically
nutritionless. Canned veggies contain the most nutrition, if you
consume the liquid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ruZ...ature=youtu.be

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>
>>"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
et...
>>> In article >, Julie Bove
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>>>> really
>>>> liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>>>> dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>>>> shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>>>> tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I
>>>> got
>>>> at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really
>>>> good
>>>> beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>>>
>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>
>>I don't like canned veg much and I steam my beans.
>
> You'd do better with a quick stir fry.
> Unless you consume the steaming liquid steamed veggies are practically
> nutritionless. Canned veggies contain the most nutrition, if you
> consume the liquid:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ruZ...ature=youtu.be

Thanks I part steam mine and then stir fry with garlic etc as mentioned
before. They don't get soft enough if I don't steam them first and I
really don't like them hard.

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Leonard Blaisdell > wrote in
:

> In article >, Julie Bove
> > wrote:
>
>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>> really liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with
>> perhaps a dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then
>> added two shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the
>> shallot was just tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of
>> green beans that I got at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought
>> more as they are really good beans and we eat a lot of beans in this
>> house!
>
> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
> end. Just sayin'.
>
Vinegar?!?

Nasty.
>
> leo
>



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I made some great green beans last week:

1 lb. fresh green beans
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 lb. bacon, cut into small pieces.
1 tbs. cider vinegar
1 tbs. brown sugar.

Cook beans, set aside. Cook bacon pieces, drain and set aside.
Cook onions in bacon fat, drain then discard rest of bacon fat.
Mix beans, onion, bacon, vinegar, and brown sugar, and heat in a frying pan for a few minutes.

They were a big hit with my husband.

wrote:
>
> I made some great green beans last week:
>
> 1 lb. fresh green beans
> 1 medium onion, chopped
> 1/2 lb. bacon, cut into small pieces.
> 1 tbs. cider vinegar
> 1 tbs. brown sugar.
>
> Cook beans, set aside. Cook bacon pieces, drain and set aside.
> Cook onions in bacon fat, drain then discard rest of bacon fat.
> Mix beans, onion, bacon, vinegar, and brown sugar, and heat in a frying pan for a few minutes.
>
> They were a big hit with my husband.

Sounds good. Everything goes well with bacon. That's a lot of bacon in
the recipe though. I would probably use it for something else, like
BLT's during tomato season. Or use it for bacon and eggs 'breakfast
for dinner'

On 4/26/2014 10:02 AM, Gary wrote:

> wrote:
>>
>> I made some great green beans last week:
>>
>> 1 lb. fresh green beans
>> 1 medium onion, chopped
>> 1/2 lb. bacon, cut into small pieces.
>> 1 tbs. cider vinegar
>> 1 tbs. brown sugar.
>>
>> Cook beans, set aside. Cook bacon pieces, drain and set aside.
>> Cook onions in bacon fat, drain then discard rest of bacon fat.
>> Mix beans, onion, bacon, vinegar, and brown sugar, and heat in a frying pan for a few minutes.
>>
>> They were a big hit with my husband.
>
> Sounds good. Everything goes well with bacon. That's a lot of bacon in
> the recipe though. I would probably use it for something else, like
> BLT's during tomato season. Or use it for bacon and eggs 'breakfast
> for dinner'
>
My brother, his wife and a few others went to some bacon festival today
called Maryland Bacon Festival. https://www.facebook.com/mdbaconfest.
I would have gone ... they didn't ask me.


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On 4/26/2014 9:13 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 4/26/2014 10:02 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I made some great green beans last week:
>>>
>>> 1 lb. fresh green beans
>>> 1 medium onion, chopped
>>> 1/2 lb. bacon, cut into small pieces.
>>> 1 tbs. cider vinegar
>>> 1 tbs. brown sugar.
>>>
>>> Cook beans, set aside. Cook bacon pieces, drain and set aside.
>>> Cook onions in bacon fat, drain then discard rest of bacon fat.
>>> Mix beans, onion, bacon, vinegar, and brown sugar, and heat in a
>>> frying pan for a few minutes.
>>>
>>> They were a big hit with my husband.
>>
>> Sounds good. Everything goes well with bacon. That's a lot of bacon in
>> the recipe though. I would probably use it for something else, like
>> BLT's during tomato season. Or use it for bacon and eggs 'breakfast
>> for dinner'
>>
> My brother, his wife and a few others went to some bacon festival today
> called Maryland Bacon Festival. https://www.facebook.com/mdbaconfest. I
> would have gone ... they didn't ask me.
>
>
Your arteries will thank you. :-)

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On 4/26/2014 8:55 AM, wrote:
> I made some great green beans last week:
>
> 1 lb. fresh green beans
> 1 medium onion, chopped
> 1/2 lb. bacon, cut into small pieces.
> 1 tbs. cider vinegar
> 1 tbs. brown sugar.
>
> Cook beans, set aside. Cook bacon pieces, drain and set aside.
> Cook onions in bacon fat, drain then discard rest of bacon fat.
> Mix beans, onion, bacon, vinegar, and brown sugar, and heat in a frying pan for a few minutes.
>
> They were a big hit with my husband.
>

Come to Texas and go to HEB. They sell a frozen green bean and bacon
product in a plastic bag that you nuke for 5 minutes. It's very, very good.

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On 4/26/2014 9:55 AM, wrote:
> I made some great green beans last week:
>
> 1 lb. fresh green beans
> 1 medium onion, chopped
> 1/2 lb. bacon, cut into small pieces.
> 1 tbs. cider vinegar
> 1 tbs. brown sugar.
>
> Cook beans, set aside. Cook bacon pieces, drain and set aside.
> Cook onions in bacon fat, drain then discard rest of bacon fat.
> Mix beans, onion, bacon, vinegar, and brown sugar, and heat in a frying pan for a few minutes.
>
> They were a big hit with my husband.
>
That's a new one on me! I might have to give it a try. I like all of the
ingredients but never put them all together before.

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On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 21:05:00 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never really
>liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with perhaps a
>dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then added two
>shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot was just
>tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans that I got
>at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are really good
>beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>
>So it seems for me to like them, I need the canned ones.

I stir fry green beans very often, 'bout once a week... I grow my own
green beans, mid season I can pick five pounds every day for a
month... otherwise out of season I use frozen, they work perfectly. I
like canned green beans as a snack eaten cold from the fridge straight
from the can but for cooking frozen works much better.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in
:

> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
> really liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with
> perhaps a dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then
> added two shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the
> shallot was just tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of
> green beans that I got at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought
> more as they are really good beans and we eat a lot of beans in this
> house!
>
> So it seems for me to like them, I need the canned ones. Perhaps
> because this is the way my grandma made them. I kept trying with
> fresh beans and the end result while edible wasn't quite what I
> wanted.
>
No, you don't need the canned ones, you just need the green beans to be
cooked sufficiently long that that are the texture of the canned ones.

I even like GBwB made with canned GBs, but they don't taste as good as
fresh--or even frozen--GBs cooked for an hour or more. I don't use onion
or shallot, but many do. If I had, I think I'd have pulverized the shallot
w/ my garlic press.
>
> So I have a big mess of these and a little bit of mashed potatoes on
> the side. I have perfected those as well. Found a bottle of butter
> flavored extract in the cupboard and added a few drops. Gave them the
> rich flavor that I wanted, since I can't use real butter or even milk.
> Yum!
>
Julie, you are diabetic, and eating mashed potatoes is just dumb. Also,
it's hard to believe that you are so dairy intolerant that you can't have
butter, or at least clarified butter.

Those extracts are not a bad thing. They're mostly just free short chain
fatty acids, mostly butyric, but calling canned GBs and butter flavoring
"Perfect," is just wrong.
>



--
--Bryan
"The 1960's called. They want their recipe back."
--Steve Wertz in rec.food.cooking 4-20-2009

On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 01:27:33 +0000 (UTC), "Winters_Lackey"
> wrote:

>"Julie Bove" > wrote in
:
>
>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>> really liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with
>> perhaps a dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then
>> added two shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the
>> shallot was just tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of
>> green beans that I got at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought
>> more as they are really good beans and we eat a lot of beans in this
>> house!
>>
>> So it seems for me to like them, I need the canned ones. Perhaps
>> because this is the way my grandma made them. I kept trying with
>> fresh beans and the end result while edible wasn't quite what I
>> wanted.
>
>I even like GBwB made with canned GBs, but they don't taste as good as
>fresh--or even frozen--GBs cooked for an hour or more. I don't use onion
>or shallot, but many do. If I had, I think I'd have pulverized the shallot
>w/ my garlic press.

Sounds more like you used your garlic press to pulverize your widdle
bwain... what a ****in' moroon!

"Winters_Lackey" > wrote in message
...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in
> :
>
>> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
>> really liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with
>> perhaps a dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then
>> added two shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the
>> shallot was just tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of
>> green beans that I got at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought
>> more as they are really good beans and we eat a lot of beans in this
>> house!
>>
>> So it seems for me to like them, I need the canned ones. Perhaps
>> because this is the way my grandma made them. I kept trying with
>> fresh beans and the end result while edible wasn't quite what I
>> wanted.
>>
> No, you don't need the canned ones, you just need the green beans to be
> cooked sufficiently long that that are the texture of the canned ones.
>
> I even like GBwB made with canned GBs, but they don't taste as good as
> fresh--or even frozen--GBs cooked for an hour or more. I don't use onion
> or shallot, but many do. If I had, I think I'd have pulverized the
> shallot
> w/ my garlic press.
>>
>> So I have a big mess of these and a little bit of mashed potatoes on
>> the side. I have perfected those as well. Found a bottle of butter
>> flavored extract in the cupboard and added a few drops. Gave them the
>> rich flavor that I wanted, since I can't use real butter or even milk.
>> Yum!
>>
> Julie, you are diabetic, and eating mashed potatoes is just dumb. Also,
> it's hard to believe that you are so dairy intolerant that you can't have
> butter, or at least clarified butter.
>
No, it's not dumb at all. I also have gastroparesis so I can't eat much in
the way of fiber, fat or protien. And why would you think I could have
butter? Butter is dairy! Trust me, it makes me sick.

> Those extracts are not a bad thing. They're mostly just free short chain
> fatty acids, mostly butyric, but calling canned GBs and butter flavoring
> "Perfect," is just wrong.

Well, they tasted great to me!

>> Julie, you are diabetic, and eating mashed potatoes is just dumb.

Being diabetic doesn't mean eating a small amount of mashed potatoes is
"just dumb." As part of a well balanced diet carbs are necessary. Now,
a pile the size of Devil's Tower would be wrong...

--
DreadfulBitch

There is no love more sincere than the love of food.
....George Bernard Shaw

DreadfulBitch > wrote in news:ljk6hr$hju$1
@dont-email.me:

>
>
>>> Julie, you are diabetic, and eating mashed potatoes is just dumb.
>
> Being diabetic doesn't mean eating a small amount of mashed potatoes is
> "just dumb." As part of a well balanced diet carbs are necessary. Now,
> a pile the size of Devil's Tower would be wrong...
>

Starches are not necessary, though with all of Julie's other dietary
restrictions, they might well be.

--
--Bryan
"The 1960's called. They want their recipe back."
--Steve Wertz in rec.food.cooking 4-20-2009

"Winters_Lackey" > wrote in message
...
> DreadfulBitch > wrote in news:ljk6hr$hju$1
> @dont-email.me:
>
>>
>>
>>>> Julie, you are diabetic, and eating mashed potatoes is just dumb.
>>
>> Being diabetic doesn't mean eating a small amount of mashed potatoes is
>> "just dumb." As part of a well balanced diet carbs are necessary. Now,
>> a pile the size of Devil's Tower would be wrong...
>>
>
> Starches are not necessary, though with all of Julie's other dietary
> restrictions, they might well be.

My dietician does say that carbs are necessary. For me though, starches are
the things I best digest and when I am digesting, my BG will be lower. I do
have to be careful not to eat too many carbs though.

My worst and most consistent numbers came about when I attempted low
carbing. My blood sugar remained around 300-320 all of the time. It was
only after I wised up and add some carbs back into my diet that my numbers
dropped.

Remember, there are over 300 variants to diabetes. One meal plan does not
fit all.

"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>>> Julie, you are diabetic, and eating mashed potatoes is just dumb.
>
> Being diabetic doesn't mean eating a small amount of mashed potatoes is
> "just dumb." As part of a well balanced diet carbs are necessary. Now, a
> pile the size of Devil's Tower would be wrong...

Exactly! A problem I do have is making a small amount of mashed potatoes.
Sometimes I can manage to pull it off but I usually have leftovers. Which
actually isn't a really big problem because someone will usually eat them
later. Or I can use them if I want for something like Shepherd's pie.

I just wish I could eat Lobscouse again. And no not the stuff that normally
goes by that name. I got the recipe from a war era cookbook that was put
out by the British government. It was canned tomatoes, snipped and in their
juice, heated in a pan with some butter (if you had it) and cheddar cheese
served hot over a big pile of mashed potatoes. Oh my was that ever good! I
made it for my FIL once and he loved it too. He and I had very similar
tastes in food except that I love onions and he hated them.

On 4/27/2014 7:14 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>
>
>>> Julie, you are diabetic, and eating mashed potatoes is just dumb.
>
> Being diabetic doesn't mean eating a small amount of mashed potatoes is
> "just dumb." As part of a well balanced diet carbs are necessary. Now,
> a pile the size of Devil's Tower would be wrong...
>

Good thing Susan isn't here. She'd blast you about carbs. :-)

Potatoes, in controlled portion size, don't bother my DH as much as
other starches like rice and pasta. He's on an insulin pump so he has
better control of his blood sugars than people who just take a pill.

--
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Way-the-heck-south Texas
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On 4/25/2014 6:05 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I have been trying for years to make green beans with bacon and never
> really liked the end result. But now? I've got it! I started with
> perhaps a dozen slices of cooked bacon, cut into small pieces, then
> added two shallots, also cut in small pieces. Cooked until the shallot
> was just tender and starting to brown. Added a large can of green beans
> that I got at Big Lots for 80 cents. Wish I had bought more as they are
> really good beans and we eat a lot of beans in this house!
>
> So it seems for me to like them, I need the canned ones. Perhaps
> because this is the way my grandma made them. I kept trying with fresh
> beans and the end result while edible wasn't quite what I wanted.
>
> So I have a big mess of these and a little bit of mashed potatoes on the
> side. I have perfected those as well. Found a bottle of butter
> flavored extract in the cupboard and added a few drops. Gave them the
> rich flavor that I wanted, since I can't use real butter or even milk.
> Yum!

My son makes a dish with 2 cans of green beans, 2 cans of tuna, and some
cheese. My wife says it's pretty good. He goes through a bunch of green
beans using this dish. It's a strange dish alright but the whole point
of it is that it's low calorie. I wish he made something less green
beany. Me and green beans go back a long way and it's been mostly a
rocky relationship. That's the breaks.