Green Bean Casserole - Page 2

tipsy · ‎03-11-2010

@deeva wrote:
Growing up, my mother never made this dish. And I've never tasted it or have any desire to try it.

My mother never made this either, never had it while growing up.

But in my adulthood I decided to make it to see what the hoopla was about. It was awful, just a canned-tasting mushy salty mess, nobody liked it so ended up tossing it.

WORKING GAL · ‎11-15-2011

I'm not a big fan of the classic green bean casserole either. A few years ago I needed a veggie dish for Thanksgiving. I substitued cream of broccoli soup (or broccoli cheese soup) and cooked broccoli, along with the rest of the ingredients from the classic recipe. It came out very good.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

It's MUCH better made with French FROZEN green beans!

shoptilyadropagain · ‎03-19-2014

I like it but prefer to have regular green beans instead. When I make it, I use Cream of Celery (and have even used Cream of Chicken) instead of the mushroom soup. I also love @ECBG 's suggestion to use frozen green beans. I don't know why I've never thought of that before as I normally use frozen if I'm having Green Beans.

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ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@shoptilyadropagain wrote:
I like it but prefer to have regular green beans instead. When I make it, I use Cream of Celery (and have even used Cream of Chicken) instead of the mushroom soup. I also love @ECBG 's suggestion to use frozen green beans. I don't know why I've never thought of that before as I normally use frozen if I'm having Green Beans.

@shoptilyadropagain My issue with this dish was I could always taste the can in respect to the green beans. I love mushrooms and totally got rid of the flavor I couldn't stand by changing the form of the beans.

If I don't have fresh green beans which I have cooked, I will cook some frozen green beans for myself as another green vegetable. DH doesn't like them, but he will string beans (most of the time the complaints are few. Holiday meals are a totally different matter, however)!!!

BeckiWV · ‎04-12-2011

Well, I admit to liking it, lol. I use canned beans, we prefer Kroger Very Green green beans because they look pretty and are tasty. I can't stand mushrooms, so I also use cream of celery soup and skip the milk and salt, no extra liquid. I am generous with the pepper. I like to stick to the French's brand for the crispy onions and I'm generous with those too. My family likes it and it's not mushy, mostly because none is left over. We have also made this with frozen green beans as well.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

It was never our family's side dish of choice. Started eating it as an adult.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@shoptilyadropagain wrote:
I like it but prefer to have regular green beans instead. When I make it, I use Cream of Celery (and have even used Cream of Chicken) instead of the mushroom soup. I also love @ECBG 's suggestion to use frozen green beans. I don't know why I've never thought of that before as I normally use frozen if I'm having Green Beans.

@shoptilyadropagain Mother made it once back in the 60's I guess when the recipe first came up. Nobody liked it. We would do "real" green beans and people ate those.

Sometimes we'd just use those flat green beans (Allen makes them) out of the can beause we all liked them and we'd do fresh when we weren't so busy.

We have LeSueur green beans out of the can pretty often--they are way better than any other canned bean I've ever had. In the summer we do fresh most of the time.

shoptilyadropagain · ‎03-19-2014

@Sooner wrote:
@shoptilyadropagain wrote:
I like it but prefer to have regular green beans instead. When I make it, I use Cream of Celery (and have even used Cream of Chicken) instead of the mushroom soup. I also love @ECBG 's suggestion to use frozen green beans. I don't know why I've never thought of that before as I normally use frozen if I'm having Green Beans.
@shoptilyadropagain Mother made it once back in the 60's I guess when the recipe first came up. Nobody liked it. We would do "real" green beans and people ate those.

Sometimes we'd just use those flat green beans (Allen makes them) out of the can beause we all liked them and we'd do fresh when we weren't so busy.

We have LeSueur green beans out of the can pretty often--they are way better than any other canned bean I've ever had. In the summer we do fresh most of the time.

@Sooner I can eat canned green beans but definitely prefer fresh and then frozen. I've seen the Allen brand in the grocery stores around here but have never had them. I've never heard of LeSeur.

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