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Every Night Green Beans
From The Boston Globe Magazine, Sheryl Julian and Julie Riven, 2004 September 19.
Serves 4.
- 1 pound green beans, trimmed
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons water
- Salt, to taste
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
In a large saucepan, combine the green beans, oil, water, salt, and crushed red pepper. Cover and cook over medium heat, turning the beans often, for 8 to 12 minutes or until the beans are still bright green but tender. Remove from the pan and serve at once.
Notes: Haven't tried it yet.
In the plot, people came to the land; the land loved them; they worked and
struggled and had lots of children. There was a Frenchman who talked funny
and a greenhorn from England who was a fancy-pants but when it came to the
crunch he was all courage. Those novels would make you retch.
-- Canadian novelist Robertson Davies, on the generic Canadian
novel.
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