String beans

Bryan Simmons

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Feb 20, 2022, 7:51:04 PM2/20/22

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Man, I can't remember the last time I made green beans
that were seriously stringy. They were otherwise truly
beautiful--firm and unblemished, and they were cooked
for 15 minutes in the pressure cooker, but strings they had.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/51893930591/in/dateposted-public/

--Bryan

US Janet

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Feb 20, 2022, 8:09:57 PM2/20/22

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You didn't say where you got them, were they fresh, farmer's market
etc. It's getting hard to find string beans these days unless you are
growing pole beans or heritage varieties. If you see that you have
gotten beans with strings again, just snap off the poky end of the
bean and pull the string that comes with the poky end.
15 minutes in the pressure cooker seems a long time to me but the
beans on your plate are perfect for me.
Janet US

Rumbax

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Feb 20, 2022, 9:19:32 PM2/20/22

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Ghe?? Uhm, I dont ghet it?!?

Rumbax

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Feb 20, 2022, 9:20:19 PM2/20/22

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songbird

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Feb 20, 2022, 10:54:29 PM2/20/22

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15 minutes in a pressure cooker! that's way too mushy for us.

8-10 minutes steamed (counting total time in microwave) for a
batch large enough to keep us both happy for a few days.

songbird

Bryan Simmons

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Feb 21, 2022, 2:48:56 PM2/21/22

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On Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 7:09:57 PM UTC-6, US Janet wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:50:56 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> <bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Man, I can't remember the last time I made green beans
> >that were seriously stringy. They were otherwise truly
> >beautiful--firm and unblemished, and they were cooked
> >for 15 minutes in the pressure cooker, but strings they had.
> >https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/51893930591/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> >--Bryan
> You didn't say where you got them, were they fresh, farmer's market
> etc. It's getting hard to find string beans these days unless you are
> growing pole beans or heritage varieties. If you see that you have
> gotten beans with strings again, just snap off the poky end of the
> bean and pull the string that comes with the poky end.
>

They were from ALDI. I've bought green beans there a
hundred times, and never any strings.

>
> 15 minutes in the pressure cooker seems a long time to me but the
> beans on your plate are perfect for me.
>

I like both green beans and carrots cooked for a long
time.
>
> Janet US

--Bryan

Tum...@nomail.invalid

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Feb 21, 2022, 3:52:15 PM2/21/22

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On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:48:48 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons

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bruce bowser

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Feb 22, 2022, 1:03:33 PM2/22/22

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Up at the store, the cans say "cut green beans", maybe because people hate the stringy texture.

Bruc...@nomail.invalid

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Feb 22, 2022, 2:14:23 PM2/22/22

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songbird

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Feb 22, 2022, 5:20:21 PM2/22/22

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you do know that green beans have many different varieties right?

some can have strings and others don't.

some it varies by when they are picked. if picked young you won't
find a string in them. wait too long and they might start to get
some fibers in them. others it won't matter how long you leave them
they won't get strings in them and the pods will get full of seeds
and they're still edible all the way until they start drying down.

it just depends upon the variety of the bean.

songbird

bruce bowser

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Feb 22, 2022, 5:34:29 PM2/22/22

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On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 5:20:21 PM UTC-5, songbird wrote:
> bruce bowser wrote:
> > On Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 7:51:04 PM UTC-5, bryang...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Man, I can't remember the last time I made green beans
> >> that were seriously stringy. They were otherwise truly
> >> beautiful--firm and unblemished, and they were cooked
> >> for 15 minutes in the pressure cooker, but strings they had.
> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/51893930591/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> > Up at the store, the cans say "cut green beans", maybe because people hate the stringy texture.
> you do know that green beans have many different varieties right?
>
> some can have strings and others don't.

No, I didn't know that.

songbird

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Feb 23, 2022, 2:29:05 PM2/23/22

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bruce bowser wrote:
...

> No, I didn't know that.

there was a time when all green beans had strings.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/history-of-green-beans.htm

if you get a stringy bean in modern times it is either
because someone is growing an heirloom that still contains
the trait or someone has reintroduced the trait back into
a seed line. it happens - there's many thousand different
varieties of beans.

songbird

Bruce 8.1

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Feb 23, 2022, 2:37:46 PM2/23/22

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:23:07 -0500, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
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Hank Rogers

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Feb 23, 2022, 3:56:49 PM2/23/22

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Yep, about a hundred years ago, my mother made us kids snap the
green beans from the garden. We had to pull those damn strings off
each bean before snapping them into pieces. A tedious job, but they
were might good after she cooked them up.

If you buy fresh beans these days, it might be a good idea to snap
the stem off a few beans to see if the string needs removed, before
cooking up a pot full. Usually, you'll see that little if any
strings are there.

Bryan Simmons

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Feb 23, 2022, 3:58:40 PM2/23/22

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I haven't encountered strings like this in decades.

--Bryan

Hank Rogers

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Feb 23, 2022, 6:22:20 PM2/23/22

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Yeah, it's like hamburger. Back in the 60' and 70's you could COUNT
on a few small bone fragments in a package of ground beef.
Somewhere along the line they figured out how to prevent that.
Haven't bit down on a chunk of bone in 40 years.

GM

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Feb 23, 2022, 6:56:36 PM2/23/22

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"Master" does that daily - *hourly* even...

--
GM

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Feb 24, 2022, 12:52:21 PM2/24/22

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On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:17:55 -0500, Michael Trew
<michae...@att.net> wrote:

>On 2/23/2022 18:22, Hank Rogers wrote:
>> Bryan Simmons wrote:

snip

>> Yeah, it's like hamburger. Back in the 60' and 70's you could COUNT on a
>> few small bone fragments in a package of ground beef. Somewhere along
>> the line they figured out how to prevent that. Haven't bit down on a
>> chunk of bone in 40 years.
>
>I actually have recently. Very unpleasant when you aren't expecting it.

I find it in ground pork frequently.
Janet US

US Janet

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Feb 24, 2022, 12:53:51 PM2/24/22

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I snip the ends off because the thought of getting one of the pointy
ends stuck in my throat gags me. Shudder
Janet US

bruce bowser

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Feb 24, 2022, 12:59:23 PM2/24/22

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I hardly even care. I just open a can and cook it with sliced smoked sausage. I like how the smoky flavor is intensified.

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Feb 24, 2022, 11:34:33 PM2/24/22

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Yes, that's probably the main reason for it. Eating a bit of the stem
is unpleasant.

Flying Fox

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Feb 25, 2022, 1:37:13 AM2/25/22

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Gary

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Feb 25, 2022, 4:16:03 AM2/25/22

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Yes. Ground breakfast sausage for me.

Flying Fox

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Feb 25, 2022, 5:15:10 AM2/25/22

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Sqwertz

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Feb 25, 2022, 11:07:04 PM2/25/22

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On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:50:56 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons wrote:

> Man, I can't remember the last time I made green beans
> that were seriously stringy. They were otherwise truly
> beautiful--firm and unblemished, and they were cooked
> for 15 minutes in the pressure cooker, but strings they had.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36178182@N08/51893930591/in/dateposted-public/
>

> --Bryan

Here - fixed your fucking vertigo-inducing picture for you. Do not
publish pictures of food (especially plated food) at cutesy angles.
It is by far the biggest NO_NO, by far, in food photography.

https://i.postimg.cc/Kjg0jmVm/Fixed.jpg

-sw