So, Alex has gone back to school. And I am totally having a “Momma Moment” over it. Which was a surprise to me, because I never really had my “Momma Moment” when she went to kindergarten! So, because of that surprise, this week we are having some Surprise Dip.
AuthorRetroRuth
From Consumer's Power Holiday Cookbook, 1971
Tested Recipe!
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Place green beans and milk in a blender container. Cover and blend on medium speed until smooth. Add cream cheese, parsley, seasoned salt, wine vinegar, and Tabasco sauce and blend until combined. Chill. Serve with chips or crackers.
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
Directions
Place green beans and milk in a blender container. Cover and blend on medium speed until smooth. Add cream cheese, parsley, seasoned salt, wine vinegar, and Tabasco sauce and blend until combined. Chill. Serve with chips or crackers.
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Notes
Have you figured out its disgusting secret yet?
Freaking canned green beans. Blargh! I’ve actually had nightmares where it has been all apocalypse-y, and all I’ve had left to eat are canned green beans. (Probably because of The Road (Freaky!) and World War Z (Slightly less freaky!)
Now that I think about it, I suppose the least of my post-apocalypse problems would be eating canned green beans.
Anyway, this picture kind of reminds me of that creepy Liver Pate En Masque. And let me tell you, that did not inspire confidence.
But I was still down with forcing Tom to eat it. And make a video out of making it AND forcing Tom to eat it.
“This is actually good.”
“Seriously? I expected you to spit it out!”
“Nope. And you can’t even taste the green beans.”
The Verdict: Good
From the Tasting Notes –
So, hats off to mid-century cooks. They ruined gelatin for an entire generation, but you have to admit that they were outstanding dip makers. Seriously. They made legitly good dip from canned green beans. It was creamy and spicy, and had a little green bean tang to it. Not so much that you wanted to spit it out, but just enough to trick you into thinking green beans actually make a good dip. All in all, a happy surprise that may have redeemed pureed canned green beans for me. Dip of The Apocalypse, here I come!
Love the green bean x on top! Anything is good with cream cheese!
Buried treasure!!!!
I actually love canned green beans better than fresh, I’m a little ashamed to admit. I’ll have to try this. I also wanted to tell you that, because of you and reading about it on your blog, I visited the Jello Museum a few weeks ago!! It was so fun! I was road tripping with my daughter from New Hampshire (our home state) to University of Wisconsin and made a point to go as it was on our way (which was via Syracuse, Niagara Falls, across Ontario to Michigan, across Lake Michigan on a car ferry to Milwaukee and finally Madison, WI. It was a fantastic road trip. The Jello Museum was a fun quirky place, so thank you!
You can tell the strength of your marriage by this sentence: “But I was still down with forcing Tom to eat it.”
Inspired to try this!
This is so shocking that I might actually try it. 🙂
I’ve said for years, if you give me a brick of cream cheese and access to whatever is on hand, I will be able to whip up a tasty spread on a moment’s notice. But this…not in a million years would it have ever crossed my mind.
Gotta wonder what possessed them.
You are just trying to trick me into eating canned green beans!
So, a way to get kids to eat their veggies?
Pretty much!!!
Lots of canned green beans to use up? That’s usually the way these things happened. They were very creative!
Let us know how it goes!
He is my taste-testing rock!
How fun! Is she going to Madison? Tom is a UW Madison graduate and I am UW Whitewater grad! I am so glad you gave the museum a try. It is like a little slice of heaven!
This dish sounds plenty of tasty, although I would use frozen green beans instead of canned, and if I was going to use canned, I would use no-salt-added green beans
This is really good! My husband pronounced it a bit bland, but a sprinkle of dried minced onion was a nice addition. I could also see adding a bit of shredded cheddar. it’s almost like holiday green bean casserole on a cracker!
As a child, I would ONLY eat green beans if they were canned. I still feel like fresh green beans are a bit of a challenge, though if they’re steamed well and seasoned well I can deal with them. But I used to love canned green beans. Go figure.
Feels surreal reading this in the midst of our own Covid apocalypse, you were prophetic! Love your blog ps! Catching up on some older posts!