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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on November 20, 2006, 11:03:26 am ---Green bean casserole is one of those comfort foods I like to eat about once, or maybe twice, a year. I made it a few weeks ago for dinner at my parent's house. According to the Durkee's French Fried Onions can, it is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Imagine, a casserole having an anniversary!
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Hunh! Considering that it uses Campbell's cream of mushroom soup, I would have thought the green bean casserole was older than a mere 50 years.
I can safely say without fear of contradiction that green bean casserole is something that has never graced a holiday table with its presence on either side of my family. For vegetables we stick with corn and lima beans. Even mashed potatoes are considered de trops because we always have sweet potatoes, in addition to the stuffing.
Some cooks actually include mashed potatoes into the mixture that makes up the stuffing, though my mother never did, and I've never particularly cared for mashed potato stuffing.
MaineWriter:
My mother was definitely a woman of the 50s and 60s and took advantage of all those convenience foods we laugh at now...green bean casserole, jello salad, tuna wiggle...you name it, we ate it. Now I read these recipes and say mostly say "Yuck!" but there are a few holdouts I remember fondly, and still make.
Leslie
Meryl:
Man, am I getting hungry! I'd gladly show up to dinner at any of your houses this week! ;D
Jeff, thanks for the interesting low-down on pork and sauerkraut. My mother always served that on New Year's Day, and it's nice to know the reasoning behind it. 8)
Jeff Wrangler:
What on earth is "tuna wiggle"? Do I really want to know? ;D
Thankfully, my mother seems to have missed that one. :D
southendmd:
I'm guessing "tuna wiggle" is canned tuna inside a jello mold. That's enough to make a vegetarian out of me.
Re green bean casserole: My Mom was also into the new conveniences of the 50s and 60s, which meant we rarely had fresh vegetables. However, at Thanksgiving, we always had fresh green beans (cooked to death in the pressure pot). We had a variation on the casserole, but for the leftovers: it was like lasagna, in layers. A layer of shredded turkey covered with a layer of stuffing covered with a layer of green beans, the whole mess infused with cream of mushroom soup and baked.
Those onion thingies in a can scare me.
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