NEVER Boil Your Green Beans in Plain Water Again — Try This Old Italian Trick Instead

#ItalianCooking #ItalianFood #GreenBeans 📖 Nonna Rosaria's book (732 pages), with her mother's 173 recipes: https://www.rosariafiore.com Stop boiling your green beans the wrong way! If yours come out gray like an old army coat and limp like wet string, if they squeak between your teeth, or if a bag of frozen beans from the microwave is still greener than anything from your pot, this one's for you. In this video, Nonna Rosaria shares ten old Italian tricks from her mother's kitchen in Calabria for green beans that come to the table bright green, tender, and full of flavor, just in time for Thanksgiving. You won't need a steamer or any special pot. She counts down to the one thing her mother did after the water, the thing nobody else in the village did and no recipe will ever tell you. You'll learn: • how to pick green beans at the store with one simple snap • how to trim a whole pound in a minute • why a small pot of water turns your beans gray • what goes in the water so green beans taste like something • why the lid on your pot is what kills the color • the exact minutes, and why a squeaky bean is not done • why lemon and vinegar turn bright beans the color of olives • how to cook them two days ahead for the holidays • the truth about green beans cooked all afternoon with ham #GreenBeans #ItalianCooking #ItalianFood