Green Beans

The neighbor's beans are still coming in. I am grateful that she is willing to share. Lots of southerners seem to grow for canning and don't care about eating the fresh veggies - I don't understand that thinking at all!

I like to eat them steamed, (unlike the Southern way which is to cook them to death). I enjoy eating them with ketchup. But more often I will use a recipe I got from an English cookbook.

It called for pears, which we happen to have coming in just now, but I generally leave them out. I didn't care about the pears in it. (It's okay, if you happen to have a pear tree producing lots of pears you need to use up.) Depending on the size of your beans, snap them or cut them to a more or less uniform size. Steam the beans about 10 minutes or until they are tender. Then dress with the following sauce: yogurt, olive oil (or EVOO), cumin, honey, and chopped walnuts. I don't know the amounts, so you'll have to figure it out for yourself. Salt and pepper, if you will. (I often leave the S&P out, it just depends on my mood I guess.)