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Default Squeaky green beans.

On Tue, 7 May 2013 21:09:53 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> Does this bother you?


YES!

> Do you notice it?


Of course! That should have been your first question, not the second.

> I had a friend who said he
> couldn't eat them because the squeaking bothered him. And I hadn't noticed
> it until he said it. Of course they won't squeak if they are cooked to
> mush, but fresh or frozen ones often will squeak when you eat them. I am
> eating some now and apparently easily amused!
>

They have to be cooked "just right". Too little and they squeak; too
much and they're mushy. Of course, "just right" is a matter of
personal taste and the ability to hear/feel the squeak... both for me.

<shudder>

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