Oh my
There are a number of cultural things I don’t understand about our American friends, but this is one of them.
(And sweet potato with marshmallow)
Sweet potatoes baked then added with butter to melt on top of them are awesome, but all the other added stuff cinnamon /marshmallows turns the whole thing into a dessert rather than a side item during holiday meals.
I did Thanksgiving at Dad's yesterday.
He asked why I never make green bean casserole.
Because I hate it.
I also make pink jello salad instead of Grandma's green jello salad with cabbage and carrots. There's never been a request for the green stuff. Ever.
My husband loves it so I make it for him (while trying not to gag). One year I made it with fresh green beans instead of canned and the way his mother carried on you would have thought I crashed my car into the dining room and threw road kill on the table
My grandma on the other hand makes a version that uses tomato soup instead of cream of whatever soup and at that point the roadkill would be preferable
😄. In the casserole don’t use canned green beans. Try fresh green beans boiled in chicken broth and add sautéed mushroom and onions, mix with cream of mushroom, and fried onions and add more fried onions on top. Or don’t
is it because it tastes like grass other cows have pooped on?
this is probably the menu pilgrim cows and indian cows shared before they all lived happily ever after (unless caught pooping on each other's grass).
My family never made green bean casserole for Thanksgiving or otherwise.
So somehow I’m responsible for making it every Thanksgiving.
Forget canned soup & making mushroom stock from scratch & using shiitake and oyster mushrooms & adding real cream you can come up with a version that people like.
You’ve never had good green bean casserole, obviously! Any self respecting church potluck in the Carolinas would guaranteed have you singing its praises!
Hilarious, but I've actually had really good green been casserole. Have a friend who makes it with fresh steamed green beans (not the canned type) and uses cream of celery soup instead of cream of mushroom - makes a world of difference.
Same! Not sure what it is that I hate about green bean casserole. Maybe all the fake stuff most people use. Like the bacon bits, the canned fried onions bleh.
Until I joined Bluesky I had no idea green bean casserole was so controversial. Absolutely delicious with the fake crunchy onion thingys from the canister. But I’m gen X (right on the borderline with boomers) and we eat all kinds of highly processed and colorized things.
Hey now, I make a damn good green bean casserole. My kids even request it for regular dinner. However, it is made fully from scratch, no canned soup in sight.
My favorite part are the fried onions on top. As matter fact, I just bought a bag of them and I eat them as a snack. I’ve been eating green bean casserole for so many years. It’s a comfort food every once in a while.
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Sorry to the people who do. 😊✌️
Couldn't agree more lol.
I’ll never understand how green bean casserole became a traditional Thanksgiving dish.
I really like it, when it is made correctly.
There are a number of cultural things I don’t understand about our American friends, but this is one of them.
(And sweet potato with marshmallow)
Basically I grew up eating it and so I'm more into it, if that makes sense
All jokes aside, I totally get why many people don't like it
Don’t know if its true but…enjoy.
Respect it even if I don’t understand it!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thankfully only me and one of my cousins like it so we get to hoard the whole dish, though
He asked why I never make green bean casserole.
Because I hate it.
I also make pink jello salad instead of Grandma's green jello salad with cabbage and carrots. There's never been a request for the green stuff. Ever.
Green bean casserole is a hard pass
this is probably the menu pilgrim cows and indian cows shared before they all lived happily ever after (unless caught pooping on each other's grass).
So somehow I’m responsible for making it every Thanksgiving.
Forget canned soup & making mushroom stock from scratch & using shiitake and oyster mushrooms & adding real cream you can come up with a version that people like.
MIL brings green bean casserole every Thanksgiving and Christmas since I refuse to make it.
(I realize onions do a number on milk production but I always assumed the cows still liked them, just like I do!! Gasp)
That's also the #1 most hated Thanksgiving side, and rightfully so.
Yes, the old school recipe isn't good.
A recipe of all fresh ingredients & cheese is super yummy 😋.
Bitch ass fart flavoured little goblin dicks.
Green beans are objectively awful in every conceivable way.