To think green beans are just the most revolting vegetable

[AngeloMysterioso]

They manage to be tough, stringy and weirdly spiky all the at the same time and they have the flavour of a chewed pencil. There is literally no dish I can think of that is enhanced by their presence. They’re the unpleasant bastard cousin of sugarsnap peas and mangetout.

ETA- by green beans I mean runner beans. Just in case there’s any confusion

AIBU?

Broad beans. Awful.

I don't like them raw either @Comedycook! Indigestion on a plate.

Agreed. I like or can tolerate all other vegetables but Okra is irredeemable.

Green beans are my favourite veg 😋
However I think runner beans are a different veg altogether.

Rocket would be my death row meal, I love it so much.

But runner beans are just obnoxious. My MiL is always growing them and giving us bags full.

I adore rocket, the pepperier the better. I lived for a few months in a cottage in someone’s grounds, and was encouraged to cut as much rocket in their greenhouse as I liked. And I did like….

Both my babies first solids were puréed green beans…

Amazed nobody has mentioned parsnips yet. Too sweet, and either mushy or stringy when cooked. I'd take any of these over a parsnip.

They can be good if spiced. A really well-made curried parsnip soup is delicious. But I agree about the sweetness.

I love all vegetables except sweet potatoes 🤢
Nothing beats a plate of steamed, homegrown runner beans with salted butter and black pepper 😋
Providing you cook them properly, and don’t boil them to death, vegetables are delicious.

I can't think of any vegetables I don't like but they have to be fresh and cooked properly (and by that I mean NOT boiled to a pulp).

Runner beans, celeryand rocket are all the devil's foods as far as I'm concerned.
All that stringy, wooden essentials makes me heave.

As the topic is cooked vegetables, has anyone got their sprouts on yet for xmas?

Peas?! No!!! Tiny balls of loveliness.

Celeriac can get in the bin though.

Another hater of okra here. I'll eat just about everything but not okra.

I'll eat most vegetables, but the only good type of bean comes in a tin with HEINZ on the front.

I love all of these! And green beans.

the only veg I struggle with is asparagus, I hate the taste and texture. Give me buttered sprouts over asparagus any day.

Er... I have mentioned them twice! Loathe em!

I don't think there's a vegetable out there I don't like! But - they need cooking properly.

I had a boyfriend when I was in my late teens. His mum used to make really nice sounding meals, but the veg was always so overboiled and underseasoned. Cauliflower a sodden sludge. Cabbage shown a grain of salt. Never any butter!

I hate hate hate roast dinners to this day, despite loving all the components (including the gravy), and I blame the pile of greying mush she'd serve up on a Sunday. Lovely woman but she scarred me for life.

Runner beans picked when they're not too old are lovely, and they crop more heavily that green beans.

@CherryValley5 sorry, tried that too.

Still vile. Ditto roasting it in the oven.

I like green beans when they’re properly cooked. If they’re still squeaky, they set my teeth on edge and I can’t bear to bite into one!

Broad beans are something you have to grow yourself. Frozen ones are a different vegetable altogether, and fresh ones are always picked too late, to maximise yield, and have tough skins. Grown yourelf, and picked at the right stage, they have something of the taste of asparagus - though given the mentions of asparagus on here, I can see why broad beans aren't popular.

Yup

Awful

Green beans are lush, especially with a dash of balsamic vinegar.
If you like celery, then you're a wrong'un. It's like eating green string.
Carrots are a Jekyll and Hyde vegetable. Lovely when raw but bleurgh when cooked.