Green Bean Routine

One of my families favorite memories from my childhood is what we jokingly refer to as "The green bean routine!" My mother had prepared dinner and it included green beans. I hated green beans! I do not like them Sam I am! My mother in her wisdom required that we at least try everything on our plate. So there I sat with three grean beans on my plate. The rest of the table was excused. I sat there. OK OK! I complained and I whined; pretended to throw up, pushed them around my plate and cried. They have an audio tape to prove it. I tried everything to get out of eating those three now mushed and mutilated beans. But my parents held their ground. I would NOT be excused until I ate them! So I held my breath and choked them down in horror. Moment over. Done. Excused. My dislike for green vegtables confirmed. I decided that all green vegtables must be horrible so I fought eating them. Spinach, peas, green beans...nope didn't like them. Then I became a vegetarian. My dad thinks it is hilarious that I actually became a vegitarian disliking vegtables. I liked carrots, potatoes, corn and hmmmm? I think that becoming a vegetarian was good for me (Note: I am no longer a vegetarian, although I was for nearly two years.) It taught me to at least try those things I had despised. I found I actually did like green beans, spinach, lettuce, artichoke and many others but I still don't like peas. So the other night I made green bean casserole, YES I actually made it in my own home. And the funny thing is I enjoyed it, immensly. I could have ate the whole pan by myself. There was some leftover. I just finished them off. DD just came over and asked for one, took one bite and spit them out. I just had to laugh.