Green bean casserole, yea or nay?

[pokerfan]

My Mom's been gone these last ten+ years but this holiday I always remember her green bean casserole. It looked kinda like this...



http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/9/Campbells-Green-Bean-Casserole

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. The most NAY of possible nays! Not on my dinner table!

[pokerfan]

3. Well ok, then

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. biggest problem is the cream of mushroom soup...and then the mushy beans.

My daughter loves it. My wife hates it because it reminds her of some unpleasant Thanksgiving meals during her childhood.

Just a side dish - so many emotions!

[drm604]

2. Yea.

But only with real onion rings. Not those dried things so many misguided people use.

Edited to add:

And it has to be french cut green beans.

French cut green beans.
Real batter coated onion rings. (The frozen ones you get at the market are fine.)
And Campbells Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup.

And it's even better a day later as leftovers. I think it's because the flavors mix.

[pokerfan]

5. Don't care

because it was my Mom. She also put Miracle Whip ( ) on my sandwiches!

[drm604]

9. My mom also used Miracle Whip.

I don't think she's ever bought a jar of real Mayonnaise.

[woodsprite]

4. We usually do a green bean casserole, but this it'll be roasted cauliflower

With onions, mushrooms and topped with crumbled bacon and chopped scallions. Yum!

[petronius]

7. I'm with NRL here: not on my dinner table. Instead, I want it

on my plate and in my belly!

(Yeah, I agree it's kind of weird/gross - but it's the good traditional kind of weird/gross... )

[IrishEyes]

8. Nay, but that is only because I've never had it.

It wasn't one of the things that we had at thanksgiving.

[nolabear]

10. I do oven roasted green beans.

Coat with olive oil, kosher salt and cracked pepper, chopped garlic and thyme. RoDt at 375 till beginning to brown and add lemon zest before serving. Easy and tasty!

[icymist]

11. The roommates threatened to kick me out of the house if I made one.

So 'Nay'.

[fizzgig]

12. we make a double batch every year

but it's entirely from scratch, no condensed cream of mushroom soup for us.

[Trailrider1951]

13. I ate that stuff when I was a child

but today it looks like grey-green glop. No thanks. Not when I can have steamed fresh green beans and broccoli crowns instead.

[Kaleva]

14. The recipe has only been around since 1955

"The green bean casserole was first created in 1955 by the Campbell Soup Company. Dorcas Reilly led the team that created the recipe while working as a staff member in the home economics department.[1] The inspiration for the dish was "to create a quick and easy recipe around two things most Americans always had on hand in the 1950s: green beans and Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup."[1]
In 2002, Reilly presented the original recipe card to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_bean_casserole

I vote Yea.

[femmocrat]

15. I haven't made it in years.

Everyone seemed to get tired of it. I have been making corn pudding instead.

chacun a son gout

[IDemo]

16. Green beans my way

Fresh from the produce bin. Boil or steam until al dente. Saute bacon and onion pieces in a deep dish skillet, stir in beans, add some fresh ground pepper and simmer a few minutes. Enjoy.

[frogmarch]

17. We love it! I add

shredded mild cheddar cheese, and I've been using frozen green beans, but I am going to make it Christmastime with canned green beans instead.

[fizzgig]

19. we put cheddar in ours, too

[loli phabay]

18. nay, for me but others like it. love a good stuffing though.

[shanti]

20. Nope, just plain green beans

I have kind of an aversion to making anything with canned soup.

But you enjoy!

[840high]

21. Yea. Had a delicious

one at my daughter's house.

[OriginalGeek]

22. I love it

we make it all year long. Why should Turkey day get all the fun?

I also love its more elegant look-alike cousin: The same thing but with canned asparagus instead of green beans and cheddar cheese instead of the Durkee French-fried Onions.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. I'd rather have that than the horrible sweet potatoes and marshmallows thing

that rears its hideous and nauseatingly sweet head every Thanksgiving. Bring on the green beans and stuff the sweet potatoes down the garbage disposal.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. My daughter made hers with homemade mushroom soup

and frozen green beans this year. It was really delicious, much better than the one with Campbell's soup.

[Arugula Latte]

25. It's funny. When I think about it it makes me sort of queasy ...

but when I eat it I have to admit it is sort of tasty. However, we don't make it. It's fresh green beans with shallots for us.

[LWolf]

26. I had a discussion of xmas dinner with my mom this weekend;

she's hosting us this year. As always, we divide things up so she won't have too much work to do, with everybody bringing something, and she's just working on the main course/protein. She asked what side dishes she should ask for to go with her main course.

I said, "How about a green bean casserole?" I've never actually eaten any; it doesn't sound good to me. I've heard people talking about them for years, though, like they're some kind of holiday prize I've missed out on, so I made the suggestion.

Her response? "Why can't we just have plain green beans? Some fresh, steamed green beans would be good."



That's exactly what I was thinking when I made the suggestion: "I'd love some green beans, but someone will probably think they should be put into some kind of casserole."

I like them steamed until tender but still crisp, unseasoned. Or lightly salted, or drizzled with a bit of malt vinegar. So that's what we'll be doing.

[Chan790]

27. No. No. A million times no.

I refuse to be in the same room as that abomination.

I once broke up with a girlfriend because she had the audacity to make it (well, a fancier one with other things in it) the centerpiece-entree of her vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner.

It's because of green bean casserole that I went 10 years believing I hated green beans.

Green bean casserole turned me into a newt. [font size="1"]I got better.[/font]

[Demoiselle]

28. YA don't HAVE to cook the beans to death!

But it's a bit more trouble. Do things separately...Brown the onion rings, sautee the mushrooms. Boil the green beans at the last minute, for, maybe 4 minutes tops, and stir them into the pre-made other bits. Yum. My mouth is watering.

[Major Nikon]

29. I make it every year and it's a big hit at my house

I rarely have left overs.

The key is to use fresh ingredients and make everything from scratch. This is how my grandmother did it and it was awesome. My mom made it from the recipe on the Campbells soup can just like everyone else who had lime green appliances and it wasn't fit for human consumption. Looked exactly like your picture.