Subj : Green Bean Bake
To   : Ben Collver
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Sun Apr 02 2023 14:36:47

Hello Ben,

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 DD>> That's the cliche' Green Bean Casserole served in American households
 DD>> at many Thanksgiving and Xmas tables. My grandmother's recipe, which I
 DD>> got from my mom is almost the same - except she didn't use pimientos
 DD>> but did add cheddar. Fast and easy to do. And I prefer her "French cut"
 DD>> green beans over the chunkier regular Del Monte stuff.

 BC> Thanks for the recipe.

Too bad nobody knows who created it.

 BC> My mother made it more like your grandmother's recipe, except no cheese.

Whether it was her own recipe, or a recipe his mother claimed was
used by his grandmother, it is still edible. But only if it cooked
the way it should be cooked.

 BC> I rarely eat this except on Thanksgiving.

I serve green beans straight up to dogs. No need for cooking.
Just straight out of the can. But does help to drain the water
before putting it all in a bowl.

 BC> We grow a lot of green beans and we often use home-canned green beans.

I save the fresh green beans for human consumption, reserving the
canned variety for the dogs.

 BC> This year Mom experimented with blanching and freezing the beans and
 BC> that worked better than expected.

Too much trouble. Dogs don't care where beans come from. As long as
they get them when they want them.

 BC> I am curious about the National Cooking picnic.

There is no "National Cooking Picnic" - and never has been.

 BC> I seem to recall that you mentioned going to one in 2007.

Some participants of this forum decided to have an annual picnic,
with one of the participants volunteering to sponsor it.

 BC> Who organizes these picnics?

Whoever feels like it.

 BC> Where are they normally located?

Wherever the participant who sponsors the picnic decides.

 BC> I noticed that you have posted many recipes from recipesource.com, but
 BC> they are often cleaned up and in a more up-to-date format.  I've using
 BC> your recipes, as i find them, to update my copy of recipesource.com.

 BC> What is your involvement with that web site?

Same as yours, cut and paste.

For Life,
Lee

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