On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:54:07 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

> ravenlynne wrote:
> > On 11/24/2010 9:50 AM, Jean B. wrote:
> >> (A benefit of advancing age???) A green bean casserole, with the bean
> >> part in some kind-of Eastern European sour-cream and mushroom base. Top
> >> with those fried onions--preferably a more healthful version of them
> >> though.
> >
> > That's basically what I'm doing. Using cremini mushrooms.
> >
> Well, I liked this idea so much that I just got back from braving
> the stores again. Of course, now I see I only have a tad of sour
> cream--which I don't recall ever being the case, soooo...

Do you have any commercial chicken broth on hand? Make a velouté
sauce and stir what little sour cream you have into it.
>
> I need to compare some recipes and then figure out my approach.

If you don't have any chicken (or vegetable) broth, use milk and make
a white sauce. Proceed from there with your recipe. Personally, all
sour cream wouldn't do it for me.

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