On 2017-01-02 10:25 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/2/2017 9:30 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 8:26:55 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 9:16:53 PM UTC-5, Nancy2 wrote:
>>>>> Ha, I am just the opposite of dsi and Dave. I grew up with canned
>>>>> green beans (most of the
>>>>> time) because we lived on a farm, and Mom canned lots of veggies.
>>>>> I love canned green
>>>>> beans and don't like fresh or frozen ones at all. ;-))
>>>>>
>>>>> N.
>>>>
>>>> Everybody's different. I dislike canned green beans (and almost all
>>>> canned vegetables) because they're overcooked right out of the can.
>>>
>>> Notice though, Nancy2 was talking about home-canned. That's quite a bit
>>> different (and much better, imo) than commercially canned beans.
>>
>> Doesn't matter. The minute they're cooked more than tender-crisp
>> and toothsome, I'm out.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
> And again, everyone is different. What some people call "tender-crisp"
> is usually closer to "raw". I don't want my vegetables cooked to death
> but I also don't want them to be crisp. Tender is the keyword.
>

One exception to that might me Brussels Sprouts. I like them when they
still have a slight bit of crunch to them. I would probably like them to
be cooked just a little more than that, but they still have great
flavour, and it doesn't take too much more cooking to turn than good
flavour into the nastiness of overcooks BS.