That’s a great article, Fungi. I grew up with the cooked-to-death ones - my Virginia Granny did them in bacon grease; but I like them both ways.
I liked the Lewis Grizzard quote about the ‘nouvelle’ restaurants:
“They “serve their green beans raw and then they cook their tomatoes,” he complained. “This is an unholy aberration I cannot abide.”
LOL!
I had never heard of him that I recall, but he seems to have been a very popular and prolific writer and humorist, whose books have intriguing titles like, ‘If I Ever Get Back to Georgia, I’m Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Grizzard
Glad you liked it. Happy thanksgiving and make those green beans!