Okay, so yesterday I decided to make a dish with green beans. I went to the supermarket and bought a bag of trimmed green beans. I guess they were already washed and prepped or something, ’cause the bag said “Giant Fresh Trimmed & Washed Green Beans Family Size.” Sounded convenient, right?
When I got home, I opened the bag and took a look. It was just a bunch of green beans, but they were already trimmed, meaning the little stem part at the end was already cut off. Apparently, that’s the only part you really need to remove from a green bean before you eat it or cook it. You know, the part where it was attached to the plant. Some people call this “topping” the bean. I don’t know why.
- I took the green beans out of the bag. Since they were already “trimmed,” I didn’t have to do any cutting. Easy peasy.
- I heated up some olive oil in a pan. Nothing fancy, just a regular pan.
- Once the oil was hot, I threw the green beans in. I wanted them to get a bit brown and crispy, so I let them cook for a while, moving them around every now and then.
- Then I added some salt, pepper, and a little bit of garlic powder for flavor. I’m not a chef, so I just used what I had in the kitchen.
- After a few more minutes, they were done! They looked and smelled pretty good, if I do say so myself.
Here’s what I did:
I served them up with the rest of my dinner, and they were actually pretty tasty. I guess I should have just eaten them raw and there was no sting left on the pod? I ate them all up, though. Buying them pre-trimmed definitely saved me some time, even though it was my first time trying it. I might do it again next time I’m feeling lazy or in a hurry. I also heard people talking about “French-cut”, it seems it’s just a fancy way of saying thinly sliced. Whatever, it was a successful experiment overall!
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