On Wed, 8 May 2013 14:46:46 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

> On May 8, 2:32*am, sf > wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 May 2013 21:09:53 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >
> >
> > 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>
> >
>
> Green beans can't be cooked to mush despite what people say. I've had
> green beans that have been slowly cooked for a good two hours or more
> and I've never seen them fall apart and turn to mush. Even home
> canned green beans remain intact when they're cooked like that.

They certainly CAN be cooked to mush, I've done it myself. However, I
don't buy the kind of green bean that needs to be cooked to gray to be
eaten. I buy Haricot Vert and Blue Lake. Neither one of them likes
to be cooked more than a couple of minutes, but they will squeak if
they are not cooked long enough.

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