Viva the Green Bean Casserole

I enjoy watching the amusing show The Marriage Ref. Wedded couples willing to reveal inane battles with America (and perhaps beyond), while celebrities roast them and their problems, is water cooler fodder like no other. However this week’s show crossed a line that, in my mind, should never be crossed. They dissed my darling holiday side dish, Green Bean Casserole.

The basis of the marital argument is the wife has been making green bean casserole for ten years and her husband refuses to even try it. In this household it is not just a holiday side dish rather an everyday meal, yes everyday meal, she prepares for her family due to the fact that they are trying to, “do things more healthy.” Nothing says healthy like canned, perhaps frozen, green beans baked in Cream of Mushroom soup topped French's® French Fried Onions. What were they eating before? The husband does not like the look of the dish and hence misses out on yummy goodness.

To his defense, when he inquires what the chunks are his wife’s response is, “it’s meat...some kinda a pork or chicken or something.” I would not eat anything prepared by a cook who did not know the ingredients of her meals or that Cream of Mushroom Soup contains no meat. Really?

To further offend, the panel consisting of Tracy Morgan, Kathy Griffin and Nathan Lane misses to boat of the real humor of the above mentioned.

Adding insult, none of the group, including Kathy Griffin who is the only one who has tasted Green Bean Casserole, defends it as a mouth-watering holiday staple. Tracey Morgan declares, “My taste buds go on sight, if it don’t look good I ain’t eatin it. That looks like it gotta an eyeball in it. I wouldn’t eat that if Nathan Lane cooked it for me!” Oh, Tracy you do not know what you are missing! Nathan Lane, “No I wouldn’t want eat that, but in all seriousness, I don’t know if you’ve heard of there things called cookbooks and, perhaps, there’s there is something else that he might like.” Well, I am informing you this is a real recipe found on the Campbell's® website (see link below) When asked if any one has ever had Green Bean Casserole, Kathy Griffin pipes in, “it’s awful.”

Never once did they ask “Just the Facts Ma’am” Natalie Morales how the rest of America feels about the favored dish. I am curious to know how many people look froward to Thanksgiving and Christmas so they can indulge. Never once did they inquire about the health value (which there is none). No they just sat there uninformed and talked smack.

A few years ago I am dating a pompass man who hosting Thanksgiving dinner at his house, purchases all the side dishes from Charlie Trotter’s To Go. I, admist his protest, make Green Bean Casserole. As we are looking at the feast, one of his equally as egotistical friends, kisses me on the cheek from bring that dish.

People love the Green Bean Casserole!



http://www.campbellskitchen.com/RecipeDetail.aspx?recipeId=24099

http://charlietrotters.com/togo/