Baked Beans vs Other Beans.

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Butter beans are very underrated; one of my favorite meals in the world is the pork chop and butter beans at The Little Owl in Manhattan. I also love some southern green beans with bacon/onions and hot sauce (and their dorky French haricot verts cousins served with sea salt and butter).

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Green beans can be alright. Lima beans are like little pillows of spoiled mashed potatoes covered in a layer of unflavorable skin.

Baked Beans gets a massive lift from molasses, brown sugar, pork, ketchup, mustard, etc. My aunt makes them with breakfast sausage and they're incredible. But beans, like Brussel sprouts, needs some help when it comes to the flavor department....
 

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Butter beans are very underrated; one of my favorite meals in the world is the pork chop and butter beans at The Little Owl in Manhattan. I also love some southern green beans with bacon/onions and hot sauce (and their dorky French haricot verts cousins served with sea salt and butter).

Little Owl



Southern Green Beans



Haricot Vert

The whole "haricots verts" thing always makes me laugh. The literal translation from French is "green beans". I guess a bougie restaurant somewhere decided to make green beans sound like fancy s**t. But they're still just green beans. A side of purée de pommes de terre would sound great too. 🤷‍♂️

As far as beans go, I hate to make them unhealthy by adding a bunch of stuff. A side of straight black beans always tastes great. Another option is making harira with dark red kidney beans instead of the traditional chickpeas. To me, chickpeas belong on salads because their texture feels weird in soup. Also, dark red kidney beans give the harira more of a chili vibe.
 

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The whole "haricots verts" thing always makes me laugh. The literal translation from French is "green beans". I guess a bougie restaurant somewhere decided to make green beans sound like fancy s**t. But they're still just green beans. A side of purée de pommes de terre would sound great too. 🤷‍♂️

As far as beans go, I hate to make them unhealthy by adding a bunch of stuff. A side of straight black beans always tastes great. Another option is making harira with dark red kidney beans instead of the traditional chickpeas. To me, chickpeas belong on salads because their texture feels weird in soup. Also, dark red kidney beans give the harira more of a chili vibe.

I mean, they are technically different in size/texture from American green beans, but yeah, they are still green beans and that is the literal translation. I think the difference is pretty significant where texture and even taste are concerned though I love both varieties.
 
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There aren't many beans that I don't enjoy depending on the application. Pork 'n' beans, baked beans, lima beans, kidney beans, green beans, red beans, black beans -- I like them all, but they don't always like me and when they don't, neither does my wife. ;-)
 

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I make some dynamite Cowboy Beans with ground beef, bacon, onion, liquid smoke and other spices. Can use a variety of beans. I customized the recipe but the basic one is linked below.

 
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Green beans can be alright. Lima beans are like little pillows of spoiled mashed potatoes covered in a layer of unflavorable skin.
My wife criticizes me for being a picky eater because I don't like things like chickpeas, hummus or cooked kale. I reply by criticizing her hate of mixed vegetables which are often full of lima beans. I grew up on that so I'm good with limas.

I don't know why buy I like red kidney beans a lot more than white cannellini beans.
 
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