Thread: Butter on green beans?

might be due to your dairy issues. i like most vegetables from raw and
plain to cooked to death and drowned in; butter, OO, insert any number of
sauces here...

depends on my mood, Lee
"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I love green beans. I bought a steamer bag of fresh green beans and made
>them for dinner tonight. Normally I just steam them and eat them. But the
>directions said to put butter, salt and pepper on them. I also read of a
>recipe in a magazine that called for butter and parmesan cheese on them.
>Now once in a while I have made green beans or beans and carrots with a
>little olive oil. But never butter. But I decided to try it.
>
> I didn't like it! I didn't like it at all! Maybe it's because I grew up
> eating plain vegetables. Mostly they were canned but once in a while they
> were fresh. My grandma did make beans with bacon in them, but I only
> remember having those a few times.
>
> So... Do you put butter on your beans? I think the only veggie I ever
> put butter on is potatoes. I don't even like it on corn. Once in a while
> on popcorn, but usually I even prefer that without.
>

"Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> might be due to your dairy issues. i like most vegetables from raw and
> plain to cooked to death and drowned in; butter, OO, insert any number of
> sauces here...

Maybe. I didn't grow up with butter. My mom only ever bought Blue Bonnet
and in later days some sort of soft spread. Usually Greg's Gold N' Soft.
Not sure they even make that any more. These days she buys Smart Balance
Light.

I put my cholesterol lowering margarine on veggies. Hard to get the
amount necessary if only using it on bread. I do it when the veggies
cool slightly so it doesn't melt away. I put butter on veggies that are
going into the middle of the table for large family dinners. Otherwise I
just do the margarine on my own plate.

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I love green beans. I bought a steamer bag of fresh green beans and
> made them for dinner tonight. Normally I just steam them and eat
> them. But the directions said to put butter, salt and pepper on them.
> I also read of a recipe in a magazine that called for butter and
> parmesan cheese on them. Now once in a while I have made green beans
> or beans and carrots with a little olive oil. But never butter. But
> I decided to try it.
>
> I didn't like it! I didn't like it at all! Maybe it's because I grew
> up eating plain vegetables. Mostly they were canned but once in a
> while they were fresh. My grandma did make beans with bacon in them,
> but I only remember having those a few times.
>
> So... Do you put butter on your beans? I think the only veggie I
> ever put butter on is potatoes. I don't even like it on corn. Once
> in a while on popcorn, but usually I even prefer that without.
>

i think most tastes are enviiromentally influenced if not created, Lee
"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> might be due to your dairy issues. i like most vegetables from raw and
>> plain to cooked to death and drowned in; butter, OO, insert any number of
>> sauces here...
>
> Maybe. I didn't grow up with butter. My mom only ever bought Blue Bonnet
> and in later days some sort of soft spread. Usually Greg's Gold N' Soft.
> Not sure they even make that any more. These days she buys Smart Balance
> Light.
>

"Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I put my cholesterol lowering margarine on veggies. Hard to get the amount
>necessary if only using it on bread. I do it when the veggies cool slightly
>so it doesn't melt away. I put butter on veggies that are going into the
>middle of the table for large family dinners. Otherwise I just do the
>margarine on my own plate.

I guess I don't use much margarine either. Mainly I put it on bread. I did
make macaroni and cheese for dinner tonight and I did add butter to that. I
don't always remember to put the butter in though and frankly we can't tell
the difference with our without it.

I quit buying the cholesterol lowering margarine. My cholesterol isn't high
and that stuff was just soooo expensive. I found a new brand with no milk
in it. Haven't tried it yet though.

I guess I just like my veggies pretty much fat free. Yes, I like bacon in
green beans. Not ham though. I once took a bunch of green beans at a
restaurant thinking they had bacon in them, then read the sign that it was
ham. They were just too greasy and salty for my taste. Just as I don't
like dressing on my salad, I guess I don't like fat on my veggies. There
was a time when I ate raw baby carrots with olive oil and salt. That is
good.

"Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>i think most tastes are enviiromentally influenced if not created, Lee

That could be. I grew up eating really plain food. I think perhaps that is
just common for the Midwest.

My mom came from a large family and although they had a farm, there wasn't
excess food. I don't think they had much in the way of herbs and spices.
Mainly meat, potatoes and vegetables. But the meat was not always what we
think of as meat these days. Often it was brains or squirrel or something
like that. They also ate a lot of popcorn, often as cereal.

From what I've been told, it sounded like my dad didn't eat a lot of home
cooked meals after his dad died. My grandma had to go to work. I think
they ate out a lot, but it was simple food like fried chicken or roast beef
with potatoes.

I was unfamiliar with sauces of any kind until I started watching cooking
shows. We never had any such thing at home except for occasional tomato
sauce for pasta. Our macaroni and cheese came from a box so I can't really
call what was on it a sauce.

My parents do eat out a lot and most of the time if they are ordering
something with sauce, they ask for no sauce or they have the sauce on the
side. Or if they do get something with sauce, they will usually scrape all
the sauce off before they eat it.

what is this cholesterol lowering margarine you all are speaking of... don't
have that issue but am very curious
"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>I put my cholesterol lowering margarine on veggies. Hard to get the amount
>>necessary if only using it on bread. I do it when the veggies cool
>>slightly so it doesn't melt away. I put butter on veggies that are going
>>into the middle of the table for large family dinners. Otherwise I just do
>>the margarine on my own plate.
>
> I guess I don't use much margarine either. Mainly I put it on bread. I
> did make macaroni and cheese for dinner tonight and I did add butter to
> that. I don't always remember to put the butter in though and frankly we
> can't tell the difference with our without it.
>
> I quit buying the cholesterol lowering margarine. My cholesterol isn't
> high and that stuff was just soooo expensive. I found a new brand with no
> milk in it. Haven't tried it yet though.
>
> I guess I just like my veggies pretty much fat free. Yes, I like bacon in
> green beans. Not ham though. I once took a bunch of green beans at a
> restaurant thinking they had bacon in them, then read the sign that it was
> ham. They were just too greasy and salty for my taste. Just as I don't
> like dressing on my salad, I guess I don't like fat on my veggies. There
> was a time when I ate raw baby carrots with olive oil and salt. That is
> good.
>

i was blessed to be raised in a situation that allowed me to eat many kinds
of food, squirrel isn't bad but then rabbit isn't eaither, its just too
gamey if not fixed correctly... my mom grew up with lots of siblings so she
tells me stories about home made sour dough bread and gravy with sausage...
hardens my arteries but i love her to talk about it all,
"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>i think most tastes are enviiromentally influenced if not created, Lee
>
> That could be. I grew up eating really plain food. I think perhaps that
> is just common for the Midwest.
>
> My mom came from a large family and although they had a farm, there wasn't
> excess food. I don't think they had much in the way of herbs and spices.
> Mainly meat, potatoes and vegetables. But the meat was not always what we
> think of as meat these days. Often it was brains or squirrel or something
> like that. They also ate a lot of popcorn, often as cereal.
>
> From what I've been told, it sounded like my dad didn't eat a lot of home
> cooked meals after his dad died. My grandma had to go to work. I think
> they ate out a lot, but it was simple food like fried chicken or roast
> beef with potatoes.
>
> I was unfamiliar with sauces of any kind until I started watching cooking
> shows. We never had any such thing at home except for occasional tomato
> sauce for pasta. Our macaroni and cheese came from a box so I can't
> really call what was on it a sauce.
>
> My parents do eat out a lot and most of the time if they are ordering
> something with sauce, they ask for no sauce or they have the sauce on the
> side. Or if they do get something with sauce, they will usually scrape
> all the sauce off before they eat it.
>

They have plant sterols in them. "Flora pro-activ contains plant sterols
which have been scientifically proven to reduce the absorption of
cholesterol." In Australia you are not allowed to make a claim that
something does something unless it is proven that it does Like on
vitamins where they are forced to say "this vitamin may help to blah
blah".

"Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> what is this cholesterol lowering margarine you all are speaking of...
> don't have that issue but am very curious
> "Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:io3pho$eam$[email protected]..
>>
>> "Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>>I put my cholesterol lowering margarine on veggies. Hard to get the
>>>amount necessary if only using it on bread. I do it when the veggies
>>>cool slightly so it doesn't melt away. I put butter on veggies that
>>>are going into the middle of the table for large family dinners.
>>>Otherwise I just do the margarine on my own plate.
>>
>> I guess I don't use much margarine either. Mainly I put it on bread.
>> I did make macaroni and cheese for dinner tonight and I did add
>> butter to that. I don't always remember to put the butter in though
>> and frankly we can't tell the difference with our without it.
>>
>> I quit buying the cholesterol lowering margarine. My cholesterol
>> isn't high and that stuff was just soooo expensive. I found a new
>> brand with no milk in it. Haven't tried it yet though.
>>
>> I guess I just like my veggies pretty much fat free. Yes, I like
>> bacon in green beans. Not ham though. I once took a bunch of green
>> beans at a restaurant thinking they had bacon in them, then read the
>> sign that it was ham. They were just too greasy and salty for my
>> taste. Just as I don't like dressing on my salad, I guess I don't
>> like fat on my veggies. There was a time when I ate raw baby carrots
>> with olive oil and salt. That is good.
>>
>
>

thanks, brand name? i am interested in reading about this for my mom now,
Lee
"Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> They have plant sterols in them. "Flora pro-activ contains plant sterols
> which have been scientifically proven to reduce the absorption of
> cholesterol." In Australia you are not allowed to make a claim that
> something does something unless it is proven that it does Like on
> vitamins where they are forced to say "this vitamin may help to blah
> blah".
>
> "Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> what is this cholesterol lowering margarine you all are speaking of...
>> don't have that issue but am very curious
>> "Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:io3pho$eam$[email protected]..
>>>
>>> "Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]..
>>>>I put my cholesterol lowering margarine on veggies. Hard to get the
>>>>amount necessary if only using it on bread. I do it when the veggies
>>>>cool slightly so it doesn't melt away. I put butter on veggies that are
>>>>going into the middle of the table for large family dinners. Otherwise I
>>>>just do the margarine on my own plate.
>>>
>>> I guess I don't use much margarine either. Mainly I put it on bread. I
>>> did make macaroni and cheese for dinner tonight and I did add butter to
>>> that. I don't always remember to put the butter in though and frankly
>>> we can't tell the difference with our without it.
>>>
>>> I quit buying the cholesterol lowering margarine. My cholesterol isn't
>>> high and that stuff was just soooo expensive. I found a new brand with
>>> no milk in it. Haven't tried it yet though.
>>>
>>> I guess I just like my veggies pretty much fat free. Yes, I like bacon
>>> in green beans. Not ham though. I once took a bunch of green beans at
>>> a restaurant thinking they had bacon in them, then read the sign that it
>>> was ham. They were just too greasy and salty for my taste. Just as I
>>> don't like dressing on my salad, I guess I don't like fat on my veggies.
>>> There was a time when I ate raw baby carrots with olive oil and salt.
>>> That is good.
>>>
>>
>>

Well I can only say what's here in Australia but I use the Flora brand.

"Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> thanks, brand name? i am interested in reading about this for my mom
> now, Lee
> "Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> They have plant sterols in them. "Flora pro-activ contains plant
>> sterols which have been scientifically proven to reduce the
>> absorption of cholesterol." In Australia you are not allowed to make
>> a claim that something does something unless it is proven that it
>> does Like on vitamins where they are forced to say "this vitamin
>> may help to blah blah".
>>
>> "Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> what is this cholesterol lowering margarine you all are speaking
>>> of... don't have that issue but am very curious
>>> "Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:io3pho$eam$[email protected]..
>>>>
>>>> "Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]..
>>>>>I put my cholesterol lowering margarine on veggies. Hard to get the
>>>>>amount necessary if only using it on bread. I do it when the
>>>>>veggies cool slightly so it doesn't melt away. I put butter on
>>>>>veggies that are going into the middle of the table for large
>>>>>family dinners. Otherwise I just do the margarine on my own plate.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I don't use much margarine either. Mainly I put it on
>>>> bread. I did make macaroni and cheese for dinner tonight and I did
>>>> add butter to that. I don't always remember to put the butter in
>>>> though and frankly we can't tell the difference with our without
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> I quit buying the cholesterol lowering margarine. My cholesterol
>>>> isn't high and that stuff was just soooo expensive. I found a new
>>>> brand with no milk in it. Haven't tried it yet though.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I just like my veggies pretty much fat free. Yes, I like
>>>> bacon in green beans. Not ham though. I once took a bunch of
>>>> green beans at a restaurant thinking they had bacon in them, then
>>>> read the sign that it was ham. They were just too greasy and salty
>>>> for my taste. Just as I don't like dressing on my salad, I guess I
>>>> don't like fat on my veggies. There was a time when I ate raw baby
>>>> carrots with olive oil and salt. That is good.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

ok sister can google and see what is compareable here, again thanks, Lee
"Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Well I can only say what's here in Australia but I use the Flora brand.
>
> "Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> thanks, brand name? i am interested in reading about this for my mom now,
>> Lee
>> "Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> They have plant sterols in them. "Flora pro-activ contains plant sterols
>>> which have been scientifically proven to reduce the absorption of
>>> cholesterol." In Australia you are not allowed to make a claim that
>>> something does something unless it is proven that it does Like on
>>> vitamins where they are forced to say "this vitamin may help to blah
>>> blah".
>>>
>>> "Storrmmee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]..
>>>> what is this cholesterol lowering margarine you all are speaking of...
>>>> don't have that issue but am very curious
>>>> "Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:io3pho$eam$[email protected]..
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ozgirl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>> news:[email protected]..
>>>>>>I put my cholesterol lowering margarine on veggies. Hard to get the
>>>>>>amount necessary if only using it on bread. I do it when the veggies
>>>>>>cool slightly so it doesn't melt away. I put butter on veggies that
>>>>>>are going into the middle of the table for large family dinners.
>>>>>>Otherwise I just do the margarine on my own plate.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess I don't use much margarine either. Mainly I put it on bread.
>>>>> I did make macaroni and cheese for dinner tonight and I did add butter
>>>>> to that. I don't always remember to put the butter in though and
>>>>> frankly we can't tell the difference with our without it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I quit buying the cholesterol lowering margarine. My cholesterol
>>>>> isn't high and that stuff was just soooo expensive. I found a new
>>>>> brand with no milk in it. Haven't tried it yet though.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess I just like my veggies pretty much fat free. Yes, I like
>>>>> bacon in green beans. Not ham though. I once took a bunch of green
>>>>> beans at a restaurant thinking they had bacon in them, then read the
>>>>> sign that it was ham. They were just too greasy and salty for my
>>>>> taste. Just as I don't like dressing on my salad, I guess I don't
>>>>> like fat on my veggies. There was a time when I ate raw baby carrots
>>>>> with olive oil and salt. That is good.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

Julie Bove <[email protected]> wrote:
: I love green beans. I bought a steamer bag of fresh green beans and made
: them for dinner tonight. Normally I just steam them and eat them. But the
: directions said to put butter, salt and pepper on them. I also read of a
: recipe in a magazine that called for butter and parmesan cheese on them.
: Now once in a while I have made green beans or beans and carrots with a
: little olive oil. But never butter. But I decided to try it.

: I didn't like it! I didn't like it at all! Maybe it's because I grew up
: eating plain vegetables. Mostly they were canned but once in a while they
: were fresh. My grandma did make beans with bacon in them, but I only
: remember having those a few times.

: So... Do you put butter on your beans? I think the only veggie I ever put
: butter on is potatoes. I don't even like it on corn. Once in a while on
: popcorn, but usually I even prefer that without.

I never put butter on vegetables and my mother never did. As most of our
meals withstriing beans meals had meat, butter would nt have been
considered.

I do not like buttered vegetables and, like you, I believe it is because
it is not what I grew up with.

I eat, and enjoy many foods I did not grow up with, but somehow I prefer
my vegetables plain, unless in some kind of dish like ratatouie(sp?) or
those great Greek stringbeans in tasty tomato based sauce, or Chinese,
etc.

Wendy

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On 4/13/2011 9:17 AM, W. Baker wrote:

> I never put butter on vegetables and my mother never did. As most of our
> meals withstriing beans meals had meat, butter would nt have been
> considered.
>
> I do not like buttered vegetables and, like you, I believe it is because
> it is not what I grew up with.
>
> I eat, and enjoy many foods I did not grow up with, but somehow I prefer
> my vegetables plain, unless in some kind of dish like ratatouie(sp?) or
> those great Greek stringbeans in tasty tomato based sauce, or Chinese,
> etc.
>

I love plain veggies, but you're missing something major if you've never
tried putting lemon juice and butter on broccoli. It's magic.

I like butter on veggies, but I like them fine without it, too.
Unsalted, full fat, sweet cream cultured pastured butter these days.

Susan

Storrmmee wrote:
> what is this cholesterol lowering margarine you all are speaking
> of... don't have that issue but am very curious

Here it is Benecol.

W. Baker wrote:
> Julie Bove <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I love green beans. I bought a steamer bag of fresh green beans and
>> made them for dinner tonight. Normally I just steam them and eat
>> them. But the directions said to put butter, salt and pepper on
>> them. I also read of a recipe in a magazine that called for butter
>> and parmesan cheese on them. Now once in a while I have made green
>> beans or beans and carrots with a little olive oil. But never
>> butter. But I decided to try it.
>
>> I didn't like it! I didn't like it at all! Maybe it's because I
>> grew up eating plain vegetables. Mostly they were canned but once
>> in a while they were fresh. My grandma did make beans with bacon in
>> them, but I only remember having those a few times.
>
>> So... Do you put butter on your beans? I think the only veggie I
>> ever put butter on is potatoes. I don't even like it on corn. Once
>> in a while on popcorn, but usually I even prefer that without.
>
> I never put butter on vegetables and my mother never did. As most of
> our meals withstriing beans meals had meat, butter would nt have been
> considered.
>
> I do not like buttered vegetables and, like you, I believe it is
> because it is not what I grew up with.
>
> I eat, and enjoy many foods I did not grow up with, but somehow I
> prefer my vegetables plain, unless in some kind of dish like
> ratatouie(sp?) or those great Greek stringbeans in tasty tomato based
> sauce, or Chinese, etc.

I did have zucchini that I liked in a diner in NJ. They were stewed in
tomato sauce. I do not normally like zucchini and have never had any stewed
since that I liked. And I tried a lot of recipes.

thanks, Lee
"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Storrmmee wrote:
>> what is this cholesterol lowering margarine you all are speaking
>> of... don't have that issue but am very curious
>
> Here it is Benecol.
>

I detest veggies but have discovered if I hard fry them in a tiny bit of fat
then add chicken/beef stock and cover they become delicious.

its sort of the same way one cooks a pot sticker.

this method removes any bitterness and sulphuric flavors most veggies have
to my taste buds

KROM
..






I love plain veggies, but you're missing something major if you've never
tried putting lemon juice and butter on broccoli. It's magic.

I like butter on veggies, but I like them fine without it, too.
Unsalted, full fat, sweet cream cultured pastured butter these days.

Susan

"KROM" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:io503v$ra4$[email protected]..
>I detest veggies but have discovered if I hard fry them in a tiny bit of
>fat then add chicken/beef stock and cover they become delicious.
>
> its sort of the same way one cooks a pot sticker.
>
> this method removes any bitterness and sulphuric flavors most veggies have
> to my taste buds

The only vegetable that is bitter to me is broccoli and it remains bitter no
matter how it is cooked.