Don't mess with the green bean casserole recipe!

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GeorgiaXplant

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Doggone it! Every year, some nitwit "chef" comes along with an "improved" recipe for green bean casserole. It wouldn't have ever made it all these years without being just fine the way it was developed in the first place by Dorcas Reilly back in the 50s.

If that's not bad enough, those nitwit chefs have to make it "healthy" to boot. C'mon. Thanksgiving dinner is one of maybe three or four occasions in a year when I throw caution to the winds and eat whatever I darned well please.
 

This is the beloved Thanksgiving ‘classic’ most people hate to eat, survey reveals

Most Americans secretly dislike one or more beloved Thanksgiving classics, but eat it anyway to avoid hurting your feelings or because it’s an American tradition, according to a new survey conducted by Harris Poll for Instacart. Green bean casserole turns out to be the side dish most people hope you won’t cook this year, the survey showed.

But it wasn’t at the top of the “least liked” list. That dishonor went to canned cranberry sauce, which has its own Twitter hashtag and a Facebook page where people post such tongue-in-cheek articles as “38 Stunningly Beautiful Pictures of Canned Cranberry Sauce.”

Twenty-nine percent of the 2,000 people surveyed online by Harris last month admitted they don’t like canned cranberry sauce, followed by green bean casserole (24 percent), sweet potato casserole (22 percent), pumpkin pie (21 percent) and surprisingly, the turkey itself (19 percent).


Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article237314859.html#storylink=cpy

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Green beans weren’t part of our Thanksgiving dinner.

We stuck with basic things that were in season like Irish potatoes, Brussels sprouts, winter squash, cabbage salad, etc...

Green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, Jello and other creations from magazines started to appear in the 70s.

These days green bean casserole would be a comfort food dinner and not a side. 🐷
 
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RadishRose said:
Green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, Jello

My mother never made those things either.
Aside from the usual, we had mashed rutabaga, peas, creamed onions and stuffed celery.

Dessert was sent over by our next door neighbor; she loved to bake!
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We always had mashed yellow turnip!

I still fix it a couple of times each winter.

We never had creamed onions. My mother did make a version using onion petals but not on Thanksgiving. https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/creamed-onions/

Celery stuffed with cream cheese made many appearances but was eventually abandoned along with the bowl of fruit and nuts.

Dessert was always pumpkin pie made from winter squash, apple pie and mincemeat pie. Pecan pie made with Karo syrup began to appear in the 70s.

I miss all of it and live on the memories.
 
Aunt Bea said:
We always had mashed yellow turnip!

I still fix it a couple of times each winter.

We never had creamed onions. My mother did make a version using onion petals but not on Thanksgiving. https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/creamed-onions/

Celery stuffed with cream cheese made many appearances but was eventually abandoned along with the bowl of fruit and nuts.

Dessert was always pumpkin pie made from winter squash, apple pie and mincemeat pie. Pecan pie made with Karo syrup began to appear in the 70s.

I miss all of it and live on the memories.
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Sounds a lot like what we had. My father always had to have his mince pie on Thanksgiving and Christmas. We never had pecan pie as my mom was the only one who liked it. Instead my mother made chocolate cream pie and lemon cream pie.
 
Green bean casserole, sweet potato pie and creamed onions were rarely seen in Canada. My friend who is a great cook tried the first two. We all hated the sweet potato pie with marshmallows and loved the green bean casserole. I make it a couple of times per year, probably with ham. It’s high calories & fat.
 
@Aunt Bea I was curious and asked Professor Google about yellow turnips. According to him, that's really rutabaga. Turnips are white and stay that color when cooked.

At any rate, rutabaga is something we always had, too. I'd forgotten. Guess I'll make that this year even though DD and I are the only ones who like it.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Doggone it! Every year, some nitwit "chef" comes along with an "improved" recipe for green bean casserole. It wouldn't have ever made it all these years without being just fine the way it was developed in the first place by Dorcas Reilly back in the 50s.

If that's not bad enough, those nitwit chefs have to make it "healthy" to boot. C'mon. Thanksgiving dinner is one of maybe three or four occasions in a year when I throw caution to the winds and eat whatever I darned well please.
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My daughter loves The green bean casserole. If I changed the recipe she would be so disappointed. I make it once a year, on Thanksgiving.
 
Aunt Bea said:
Green beans weren’t part of our Thanksgiving dinner.

We stuck with basic things that were in season like Irish potatoes, Brussels sprouts, winter squash, cabbage salad, etc...

Green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, Jello and other creations from magazines started to appear in the 70s.

These days green bean casserole would be a comfort food dinner and not a side. 🐷
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I think I would enjoy dinner at your house...you made me hungry just reading about the foods you had!
 

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