"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> On 4/26/2014 9:05 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>> On 4/26/2014 11:13 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> On 4/26/2014 4:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>> The beans might improve even more with a shot of vinegar toward the
>>>>> end. Just sayin'.
>>>>
>>>> I use balsamic vinegar. I don't like canned veg much and I steam my
>>>> beans.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I like fresh green beans sauteed with garlic and halved or quartered
>>> cherry tomatoes and a little Balsamic vinegar.. I detest canned green
>>> beans. To me they aren't "real" vegetables. Frozen are fine.
>>>
>> I think for most people, it's what you got used to growing up. I
>> remember I used to think I liked canned green beans, the texture was
>> mushy and at the time I liked that. I usually make them from fresh or
>> frozen now, and tried a can not too long ago and it just tasted like
>> metal.
>>
>
> I agree. When I was growing up in the 1950's there was mostly canned
> available. I hated canned vegetables, except maybe corn. My mother would
> buy fresh ones in the summer and I'd eat them raw. I also ate raw peas,
> freshly shelled, raw turnip, raw carrots, raw broccoli, raw cauliflower,
> etc. When frozen vegetables became available she bought them and I ate
> them.
>
> I still love raw veggies. My newest craze is raw okra. It's not at all
> slimy and very yummy.
>
Raw is my favorite for most veggies. I don't like potatoes raw but my mom
and daughter do. And green beans must be young and tender.

I don't think I have seen okra here but I will look for it. It is supposed
to be very good for diabetics. My mom used to cut thick slices and deep fry
it in batter. I loved that as a kid. And I ate some kind of canned soup
that had okra. I did like it but haven't had it for many years because it
just doesn't grow here.