On 3/4/2011 2:55 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> "Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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> On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:20:52 -0800, > wrote:
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>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 07:20:46 -0700, "Janet Bostwick"
>> > wrote:
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>>> 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.
>
> Who says? I think the pointy end is unpleasant in the mouth. Sheldon, I'm
> sure you have an appropriate comment to go along with that. ;o}
> Janet
>
>
I don't find the "strings" on current green beans noticeable but I do
like the ends of the beans cut off. When I was a kid, the strings were
tough and inedible but that doesn't seem so now.

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