"graham" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 8 May 2013 14:46:46 -0700 (PDT), "
>>> > wrote:
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>>>> 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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>> I can't say I have ever heard a bean squeak) Perhaps I need to pay
>> more attention to what the dinner is telling me
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> Scarlet Runners don't tend to squeak on the teeth but the "rounder" ones
> like those illustrated do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_bean

I'm trying to think but I don't recall hearing them. Probably gittin' deef
in my dotage)

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