"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> On 4/27/2014 5:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-04-27 6:01 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>>> To me, green beans are perfect when served to others! It's one
>>>> vegetable I can live without.
>>>
>>> There are several veggies that I can live without, but I feel it is
>>> important to get plenty of veg inside us, so I doctor them to make them
>>> edible
>>>
>>
>> What's with you guys? Garden fresh green beans are wonderful. Granted,
>> the stuff you get in grocery stores can be disappointing. Try growing
>> them and eat them freshly picked. They can be very good.
>>
>>
> I'm lucky that our local grocery chain has direct distribution from their
> contract farmers here in Texas. We get fresh Texas grown green beans.
>
> The ones I'm missing are the broad ones we called Italian green beans. I
> love them. The best I can do here are frozen ones.

I love those too. I sometimes get them canned but I'm the only one here who
likes them.