On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:20:52 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 07:20:46 -0700, "Janet Bostwick"
> wrote:
>
>> Or green beans served with the
>> pointy end still attached. Yuck. I guess I'm just not with the program.
>
>What's wrong with the pointy end?

The stems and strings should be removed but leaving the pointy tip is
the proper way to serve green beans.