String Bean Casserole

[notbob]

Terrible!!!!

Who invented this "iconic" holiday dish?

Campbell's?

Used all the proper ingredients, too. Campbell's, French's, Del
Monte. Yuck!

nb

[Cindy Hamilton]

With all due respect: duh. Of course it tastes like ass.

If I liked casseroles, I might try this:

<https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/11/homemade-green-bean-casserole-recipe.html>

Cindy Hamilton

[Dave Smith]

I have to admit that it is surprisingly I remember seeing it
occasionally when I was a kid but I could not bring myself to eat it. I
had been to my uncle's farm and watched him slop the pigs, and that
casserole looked just like the pig slop. Many years later I was helping
my mother cook Thanksgiving dinner and she asked me to make it. It was
delicious.

[Bryan Simmons]

Carol said that most of us cook like that. Was she incorrect?

--Bryan

[Dave Smith]

I had to go upthread to see where she had written that and it ain't in
this thread.

I don't know about "most of us". Most of us in this group or most of us
on this continent. I remember a lot of casseroles back in the 60s and
there is the occasional casserole at pot luck meals. I don't do
casseroles and, other than lasagna, I just don't see the people I know
making and serving casseroles.

[Graham]

Since I don't like string/pole/runner beans, I can safely say that that
looks an unappetising mess, with an emphasis on mess!

[Bryan Simmons]

It was in the garlic potatoes thread:

*************

cshenk
12:46 PM (3 hours ago)
to
itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

> On Monday, December 21, 2020 at 5:16:32 PM UTC-6, bryang...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> >
> > Cream of mushroom soup is a good ingredient for one certain dish,
> > cream of mushroom soup. On the darkest day of the year (in the
> > Northern hemisphere), you all are discussing jarred mayo and
> > condensed cream of soup. "The 1960s called..." What's next? The
> > virtues of Tuna Helper?
> >
> > --Bryan
> >
> It's a good ingredient for some dishes. As I previously said, it's
> not gourmet cooking.

And I have no problem with it. MOST HERE cook like that on regular
days when busy, though it's a smaller batch here.

*************

--Bryan

[Dave Smith]

As I said in an earlier post, it looks like pig slob. Having cooked it
and eaten it, |I can tell you that it is delicious.

[GM]

That's similar to how I will be making mine, everything fresh, the 'shroom soup from scratch. Making your own 'shroom soup is very easy, cheaper, tastier and not to mention healthier...

Just received a pound of dried mixed mushrooms from Amazon, $32.00 and this will last me at least four or more months, and I use quite a few of the flavorful fungi:

https://www.amazon.com/Roland-Dried-Mushrooms-Mixed-Ounce/dp/B000UXW988

"Roland Foods Dried Mixed Wild Mushrooms, Specialty Imported Food, 1-Pound Tub
Price: $31.87 ($1.99 / Ounce) Prime FREE Delivery

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I also like to throw in some slivered almonds and diced red bell pepper to jazz it up a bit...

--
Best
Greg

[Master Bruce]

There must be lots of dishes you won't eat then, because you think
they're a mess. Maybe you prefer meat and three veg, all neatly sorted
next to each other?

[Master Bruce]

Pig slob? We must have hit another WASP hangup.

[Hank Rogers]

After digestion, they all smell the same master.

[Hank Rogers]

Big niece?

[cshenk]

Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-12-22 4:02 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 2:58:53 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2020-12-22 1:37 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > > >
<https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/11/homemade-green-bean-casserole-recipe.html>
> > > I have to admit that it is surprisingly I remember seeing it
> > > occasionally when I was a kid but I could not bring myself to eat
> > > it. I had been to my uncle's farm and watched him slop the pigs,
> > > and that casserole looked just like the pig slop. Many years
> > > later I was helping my mother cook Thanksgiving dinner and she
> > > asked me to make it. It was delicious.
> >
> > Carol said that most of us cook like that. Was she incorrect?
> >
> >
>
>
> I had to go upthread to see where she had written that and it ain't
> in this thread.

It's not and he's taking things out of context. It was a comment to a
simple potato casserole that used a can of soup and some cheese.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Well, I could have told you that without you wasting your money and time.
Some people love it (why?) and some people hate it (me).

[cshenk]

Trimmed so much it has no clue on the thread.

<https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/0IEUuuZ-Qfe2qRTNrGSJQA.gXXnVwacufEGnCdRSO3TOa>

A simple potato casserole which some add enough meat to, to make it a
main dish instead of a side dish.

That's a very similar version I made tonight.

[dsi1]

My son likes that dish. He says it's a big hit at parties. He makes a big tray of the stuff. I never had this infamous dish until I was on the mainland at my brother-in-laws funeral. I was excited to finally find out the truth about green bean casserole. It was even made in it's native land by the local natives. Hoo boy!

[Tom Del Rosso]

French's...mustard?

Del Monte what?

I've had string bean lasagna that was very good. The string beans were a
substitute for the pasta layers, not the meat.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Only three ingredients. Campbell's soup, French's fried onions, Del
Monte green beans.

[Master Bruce]

Del Monte green beans? I thought they just grew on their own. Now I'm
confused. When I grow green Beans, are they Master Bruce green beans?

[Hank Rogers]

Master buttsniffer beans!

[Tom Del Rosso]

If those are "proper ingredients" McDonald's should be Zagat rated.

[songbird]

Graham wrote:
...

> Since I don't like string/pole/runner beans, I can safely say that that
> looks an unappetising mess, with an emphasis on mess!

sometimes i don't overthink food. it all comes out brown
anyways.

i don't particularly like canned green beans, but doctoring
them up with cream of mushroom soup and some french fried
onions at least gives them some more interest to my taste
buds.

we had a big dish of this at the TG dinner. i had a few
large spoonfulls. no problem to me.

come next summer i'll much more love the fresh green or
wax beans or the shellies and they won't need to be doctored
up at all other than perhaps a bit of butter or once in a
great while a little garlic salt with the butter.


songbird

[Julie Bove]

"notbob" <not...@nothome.com> wrote in message
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There are different recipes. I've had some that were good and some that were
not. I didn't like the last version that I made. It had cheese in it. Too
rich for me.

I think I made it once with fresh green beans and I made my own sauce. It
was good while fresh but the leftovers had soggy onions.

[Julie Bove]

"Bryan Simmons" <bryang...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I have the leftovers of a tuna casserole in the fridge. It has cream of
mushroom soup in it. I don't always soup when I make it. Even as a kid, I
sometimes made my own sauce.

I did go through a phase of using cream of cack soups a lot. There was some
commercial on TV showing a woman using the soup with chicken in a skillet.
My then BF (later my husband) asked me to make it. For months I made meat in
a skillet or oven with the cream soups until I could stand no more. I was a
vegetarian at the time so never tried any of the dishes, but they looked and
smelled horrible. Never again.

[Julie Bove]

"Dave Smith" <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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I think it depends on where you live. In the late 70's and early 80's, Tater
Tot casserole was the big thing at pot lucks. Other than that, casseroles
were never common here and pot lucks seem to have gone the way of the wind.

In some part of the country (MN?) casseroles are called hot dish and still
common.

[Julie Bove]

"cshenk" <csh...@cox.net> wrote in message
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One in a while, I'll do a ground beef or leftover roast beef and potato
thing, but never with cheese or a cream soup. I use gravy.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Commercially canned green beans. Even in your hinterlands, the canner
puts their name on the label.

Cindy Hamilton

[Julie Bove]

"songbird" <song...@anthive.com> wrote in message
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I wish I could get shellies. Loved those as a child. Can't get them here
now.

[Gary]

You don't have a garden Bruce.

[Gary]

On 12/22/2020 1:27 PM, notbob wrote:
> Terrible!!!!
>
> Who invented this "iconic" holiday dish?
>
> Campbell's?
>
> Used all the proper ingredients, too. Campbell's, French's, Del
> Monte. Yuck!
>

> nb
>
>
Although it sounds good enough, I've never had it. I wouldn't mind
trying some if someone else made it but never been interested in making
it myself. I like green beans with a little gravy fine.

Same with the traditional sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on
top. I prefer plain sweet potatoes with butter.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 Gary wrote:
>
>You don't have a garden Bruce.

There's no such thing as string beans... the correct term is stringed
beans, as in removing the string from green beans left too long on the
vine... break the stem end and pull down, you'll see the string...
removing green bean strings was a chore relegated to the youngsters in
the family. I haven't seen s product labeled string beans at market
yet. Sometimes skinny flat chested women are refered to as string
beans... or Boney Maronies. hehe
From when music was real and people could actually sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5725Xf1F090

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw5HjXKop0Q

[songbird]

Julie Bove wrote:
...

> I wish I could get shellies. Loved those as a child. Can't get them here
> now.

in the freezer section of the grocers they often have
lima beans that are likely frozen at the shelly stage.

we grow most of the shelly beans here that we eat except
in the winter months. i freeze some, but there is never
enough freezer space for enough to get us far through the
winter. i'd rather use the freezer space for strawberry
freezer jam and strawberries for shortcakes anyways. :)


songbird

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-12-23 8:42 a.m., Gary wrote:
> On 12/22/2020 1:27 PM, notbob wrote:

>> Used all the proper ingredients, too.  Campbell's, French's, Del
>> Monte.  Yuck!
>>
>> nb
>>
>>
> Although it sounds good enough, I've never had it. I wouldn't mind
> trying some if someone else made it but never been interested in making
> it myself.  I like green beans with a little gravy fine.

I would not make it for myself and be stuck with leftovers, but it is
surprisingly good.

> Same with the traditional sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on
> top. I prefer plain sweet potatoes with butter.

I remember having that when I was a kid and it turned me off sweet
potatoes. I tried it again at friend's place when I was in my 30s and it
turned me off them for another 20 years. Lately I have been eating them
a lot and enjoying them, usually roasted or oven fried.

[Sheldon Martin]

I like sweet potatoes baked until the sugary syrup is oozing out,
eaten with their jackets needs nothing else.

[cshenk]

Not related though Julie. You removed 3 ingredients of a 4 ingredient
recipe and added 2 new ones.

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 12/23/2020 1:31 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:

>> Same with the traditional sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on
>> top. I prefer plain sweet potatoes with butter.
>
> I like sweet potatoes baked until the sugary syrup is oozing out,
> eaten with their jackets needs nothing else.
>

I often cut them up to chunks, toss in a little olive oil and roast
along a meat roast or other veggies. Works well with butternut squash
too.

I despise the casserole with marshmallows.

[songbird]

Dave Smith wrote:
...sweet tater cas...

> I remember having that when I was a kid and it turned me off sweet
> potatoes. I tried it again at friend's place when I was in my 30s and it
> turned me off them for another 20 years. Lately I have been eating them
> a lot and enjoying them, usually roasted or oven fried.

we normally just microwave them. if the skin is in
good condition i'll eat the skin too except for the ends
which have more fibers in them and often don't taste all
that great.

i prefer sweet potatoes over any other potato i've
ever had - they sure have a lot more nutrients and
flavor.


songbird

[notbob]

On 2020-12-23, Tom Del Rosso <fizzbin...@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

> French's...mustard?

Fried Onions

> Del Monte what?

String beans. ;)

nb

[notbob]

On 2020-12-23, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:

> Only three ingredients. Campbell's soup, French's fried onions, Del
> Monte green beans.

.....milk! Followed recipe on back of French's pkg. ;)

nb

[Mike Duffy]

On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:52:20 -0500, songbird wrote:

> i prefer sweet potatoes over any other potato i've
> ever had - they sure have a lot more nutrients and flavor.

The Wal-Mart here has both orange flesh with orange skin and yellow flesh
with purple skin varieties. I seriously like them both.

We often mash boiled carrots, parsnips, potato, sweet potato & sometimes
rutabaga. My wife prefers that as a Shepperd's Pie not just for the
taste, but how it stands up literally in the hydrostatic equilibrium
sense vs. mashed potatoes.

Me, I believe it's how much sour cream and butter you add.

And probably everyone knows it's more closely-related to the Morning
Glory flower than other potatoes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanales

[jmcquown]

On 12/23/2020 9:41 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 Gary wrote:
>>
>> You don't have a garden Bruce.
>
> There's no such thing as string beans... the correct term is stringed
> beans, as in removing the string from green beans left too long on the
> vine... break the stem end and pull down, you'll see the string...

The canned Del Monte beans called for in the casserole notbob refers to
are sold as "french style" green beans.

Jill

[Sheldon Martin]

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:52:23 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

French style refers to the way they are cut, typically sliced
lengthwise and the long pieces sliced on the bias, they could have the
strings removed or not... they're usually young green beans so don't
have developed strings. People who don't grow green beans or buy
fresh green beans typically don't know about the string.

[jmcquown]

I don't grow vegetables but I've bought plenty of fresh green beans so I
know about the string. notbob called this dish "String Bean Casserole"
but the actual recipe is commonly known as "Green Bean Casserole".

Jill

[Sheldon Martin]

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:35:09 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>

Okay... string bean is a colloquial term, shortened from stringed
bean. I don't usually string the green beans I grow, only the larger
ones that escaped getting picked... thse strings can be tough, can be
used as dental floss.
Temps have risen here, up in the mid forties, a lot of snow has melted
but still plenty. At some point we need to let the one wo put it here
take it away. We made paths to the barns so the feral cats can get to
our deck for food and water.
I had my hair cut, showered, and feel more human. I still don't feel
like cooking that ham, maybe tomorrow. Meanwhile it's in the fridge
and is safe for more than a month. After my haircut I went to Tops
Market and bought my greenish bananas, some Sprint soda, they had the
sugar free in two liter bottles, five for $5, better than canned. Got
some bread and rolls too. Supposed to get more snow tonight. I heard
via email that all is fine on Lung Guyland. I'll feed the cats soon
and at 7 PM Mische gets his injection... 7 AM and 7 PM, a half hour
after he eats... he's doing very well, not looking so tired and dull
eyed. Mische is a little over 3 years old, still young and very
loving, he's well worth saving... the insulin with needles is only $2
a day, he gets special low calorie food too. We simply feed all three
the same food. The outside cats get a higher calorie food, they are a
lot more active and living in the cold. We take care of all the
critters, any don't look well they go to the Vet. Most times all they
need is a special food that contains an antibiotic.

[GM]

All sounds cozy and nice, and Happy Holidays and a great New Year to you, Sheldon...

--
Best
Greg

[Bryan Simmons]

The ones folks typically grow have been bred to have tender strings
that don't need to be removed.

--Bryan

[Hank Rogers]

Popeye grows his own (perfect) vittles. He will discard any ideas
yoose have.

For the record ... what is yoose bra size?

[Hank Rogers]

POPEYE PUT THE GODDAM CORK IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE JUG AND DO YOOSE
FUCKING CHORES!

[Hank Rogers]

Do you and Popeye have sex together?

Just curious.

[GM]

I hew to the example of Our Lord Jesus Christ and eschew all matters "erotic", Hank...!!!

--
Best
Greg

[dsi1]

I'm not a fan of green beans but had some yesterday that wasn't bad. It's a god-damned Christmas miracle!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/iDM3Coqd6aZ4rYHH9

[Bryan Simmons]

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 8:03:03 PM UTC-6, GM wrote:
>
> I hew to the example of Our Lord Jesus Christ and eschew all matters "erotic", Hank...!!!
>

Jesus is reputed to have had a very beautiful penis, and I'm sure that he never
suffered from erectile dysfunction. He was barraged night and day with offers of
fellatio, and women would have pelted him with panties if it weren't that panties
had yet to be invented. He was the Mick Jagger of his age. How dare you
characterize Our Lord Jesus Christ as a loser with women.
> --
> Best
> Greg

--Bryan

[Gary]

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> We simply feed all three
> the same food. The outside cats get a higher calorie food, they are a
> lot more active and living in the cold. We take care of all the
> critters, any don't look well they go to the Vet.

How many cats do you have there total, Sheldon?
Sounds like 3 inside. How many semi-ferals live outside?

[Cindy Hamilton]

Those do look good. Were they stir fried?

My favorite Chinese restaurant meal is dry-fried green beans, but it
has to be done properly, without a bunch of gloppy gravy.

Cindy Hamilton

[dsi1]

That's a good question. The restaurant we were at wasn't a Chinese restaurant but the beans were indeed stir-fried.

[Bryan Simmons]

We're going to pretend our last name has only one M, and order
Chinese takeout this evening.

--Bryan

[Sheldon Martin]

Now three inside... outsides change but I'll guess generally 5. Some
are people's inside/outside cats. We put food out, we don't check
which can eat here. A a lot of the cat food is eaten by birds.

[dsi1]

I love Chinese food but my family don't want to go. Yesterday, my daughter suggested that we order out Chinese and my wife agreed. There is a Father Christmas!
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/9/9f/Carol-disneyscreencaps_com-5364.jpg

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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I'm not a fan of green beans but had some yesterday that wasn't bad. It's a
god-damned Christmas miracle!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/iDM3Coqd6aZ4rYHH9

====

That looks lovely. What is the meat?

[dsi1]

It was a steak - a pretty tough steak. That's life - sometimes you get a great steak and sometimes it's tough.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/wgQLv5bXWgJkHW5Z8

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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====

Aww that was a shame:(

btw do you happen to have the address for the rfc photo thing that someone
posted recently.

[Bryan Simmons]

On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 4:39:45 AM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> news:c7d84e75-67df-46a8...@googlegroups.com...
> On Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 12:05:47 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > news:72fc3a33-e2a9-47ef...@googlegroups.com...
> > I'm not a fan of green beans but had some yesterday that wasn't bad. It's
> > a
> > god-damned Christmas miracle!
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/iDM3Coqd6aZ4rYHH9
> > ====
> >
> > That looks lovely. What is the meat?
> It was a steak - a pretty tough steak. That's life - sometimes you get a
> great steak and sometimes it's tough.
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/wgQLv5bXWgJkHW5Z8
> ====
>
> Aww that was a shame:(
>
> btw do you happen to have the address for the rfc photo thing that someone
> posted recently.

http://www.recfoodcooking.org/mug/

--Bryan