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Originally Posted by ColdAilment
Lol! I have never heard them referred to as string beans! I'm a midwesterner by birth, and it's always been green beans to me. Local pronounciations of words is something else that gives away the area of the country some people come from. In most of the midwest people call it pop, everywhere else they call it soda. In most northern states it's called car-mel, in most southern states it's called care-a-mel. Many such words.
Oh yeah, String beans tends to be a northeastern thing, you might hear it in Ohio on occasion. :P
The Carmel/Caramel thing reminded me of this. My family pronounces Cayuga lake as "Cyuga", after living here I now say "Ca-yuga". They made a point of that one when they heard it. lol
It should be noted though that in my opinion accents are fading fast in this country among the 30 and under groups. Some people still have their regional accents and some have slight traces of accents but I've noticed accents are on the way out. People are more mobile and move around so much, and we grew up with a lot of tv.
I agree with this. In fact, the younger set all over the country have something I call the youth accent. It is different than that had by older people anywhere. It might come from tv?
I agree with this. In fact, the younger set all over the country have something I call the youth accent. It is different than that had by older people anywhere. It might come from tv?
TV has been around for over 50 years now...try again.
Lol! I have never heard them referred to as string beans! I'm a midwesterner by birth, and it's always been green beans to me. Local pronounciations of words is something else that gives away the area of the country some people come from. In most of the midwest people call it pop, everywhere else they call it soda. In most northern states it's called car-mel, in most southern states it's called care-a-mel. Many such words.
Stringbeans and green beans are two different beans I thought...
Stringbeans and green beans are two different beans I thought...
I always thought that there were several varieties of green beans. I remember hearing of wax beans, string beans, half runners, pole beans, etc. I thought that string beans are the kind that you have to cut off the ends and remove the strings before cooking.
I always thought that there were several varieties of green beans. I remember hearing of wax beans, string beans, half runners, pole beans, etc. I thought that string beans are the kind that you have to cut off the ends and remove the strings before cooking.
Yes! That is what I thought. That's what my grandparents do with them. They are cut and the strings removed before cooked where as I guess green beans are just cooked? I don't know.. I don't eat them. Perhaps they're different beans all together or perhaps they the same bean with different varieties.
"Green beans" is a broad term. I think Wikipedia said over 130 varieties. Some of these are the common pole beans and bush beans that I remember having to sit out on the porch and "snap" the beans to free the string, and then break into chunks of 1-2" long. These are also known as "string beans" and "snap beans".
Lots of other green beans have no string. They're still green beans, but they're "stringless green beans".
Pole beans, bush beans, half-runners, etc. refers to how the plant grows. Most green beans come in both pole bean and bush bean versions.
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