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    Re: OT- Dutch Oven recipes?

    posted at 3/7/2011 11:23 AM EST

    Yeah, how plebian it would be to call them "green beans."  ;)
     

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    Re: OT- Dutch Oven recipes?

    posted at 3/7/2011 12:17 PM EST

    I know what you girls mean about the green beans. But actually, Haricot Vert are a French version of green beans. Just like there are different varieties of cucumbers. Re: Hot house or English cukes. They are longer and a lot slender and a much more tender. They are not the kind we generally buy at the supermarkets called string beans.
    Some gourmet stores carry them - and if you had a chance to try the real ones, (not the ones the stores have renamed HV, which they do) you will definitely find a taste difference. If you visited Europe and had green beans, you would probably have had HVs. - Pingo
     

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    Re: OT- Dutch Oven recipes?

    posted at 3/7/2011 1:58 PM EST

    In Response to Re: OT- Dutch Oven recipes?:
    I know what you girls mean about the green beans. But actually, Haricot Vert are a French version of green beans. Just like there are different varieties of cucumbers. Re: Hot house or English cukes. They are longer and a lot slender and a much more tender. They are not the kind we generally buy at the supermarkets called string beans. Some gourmet stores carry them - and if you had a chance to try the real ones, (not the ones the stores have renamed HV, which they do) you will definitely find a taste difference. If you visited Europe and had green beans, you would probably have had HVs. - Pingo
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    well yes, I know there is a french variety, but the ones I've had in restaurants are usually the same green beans I'm buying from the grocery store.
     

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    Re: OT- Dutch Oven recipes?

    posted at 3/7/2011 2:47 PM EST

    Pinkie,
    You are right, but it is not true HV then. The restaurant just call them that to be fancy, in order to charge you a few bucks more for the meal. - Pingo

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    In Response to Re: OT- Dutch Oven recipes? : well yes, I know there is a french variety, but the ones I've had in restaurants are usually the same green beans I'm buying from the grocery store.
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    Re: OT- Dutch Oven recipes?

    posted at 3/12/2011 10:01 AM EST

    Just to add to the "green bean" postings - if anyone at all still read it. I found the HV at our local S & S. They sell in 1/2 lbs packages under the name: "French Green Beans" for $3.49. That is $7.00/lbs. WOW!
    - Pingo
     

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    Re: OT- Dutch Oven recipes?

    posted at 3/12/2011 10:18 AM EST

    Everything is going up...can't wait to eat for "free" out of the garden (quoted for all the work DH does to grow it!).  I can't go to the grocery store for under $100 anymore, and it's just the two of us.  OK, and a few marrow bones for Gracie.

    Another reason the dutch oven is a great option.   The cheapest cuts of meat (marked "for Braising") are absolutely delightful - worthy of serving to company - if cooked in the dutch oven.  You can use cheap veggies, too, like the lowly root vegetables.  And, instead of wine you can use canned stock.