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string bean

slang A very skinny or lanky person. Can be used as a term of address. I was such a string bean as a kid that all my clothes draped off me. Why don't you take a bit more food, string bean? You could stand to put a little meat on them bones!
See also: bean, string
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3 In a separate pan, saute the garlic and add the eggplant, pechay banana flower bud and string beans. Cook for 5 mins.
A few varieties possess "strings" that could be easily removed before cooking, hence the term string beans. It wasn't until around 1890 that Calvin Keeney of Le Roy, New York, developed the first stringless beans from which most other stringless bean varieties were derived.
tomatoes, squash, string beans, honeydews--all of it, and all the rest
Go to a nearby market and you'll find baskets brimming with tomatoes, string beans, cucumbers, corn, peppers, and summer and zucchini squash.
. Vegetables/salads: all vegetables including avocado, asparagus, beansprouts, broccoli, sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, courgettes, cucumbers, aubergine, garlic, green beans, lettuce, leeks, mushrooms, onions, pea, peppers, pumpkin, rocket, salad greens, spinach, sprouts, squash, string beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, watercress.
Some of the dishes you might want to try are Roasted Chickpeas, Cashew Pate (made with toasted cashews and French-style string beans), Potato-Chard Stew (which includes sweet and white potatoes, rainbow chard, and coconut milk), Pumpkin-Bulgur Stew, Salad Pizza (thin crust with Roma tomatoes, salad greens, and olives as the toppings), Jamaican Jerk Tempeh, Caribbean Spicy Sweet Potatoes, a Mock Fish Salad Sandwich (made with tempeh, nori, and vegan mayonnaise), Tofu Cannoli, and Maple Baked Pears.
With help from collaborators including illustrator Pascale Lafond, the 3D Magic Factory and Curt Bright and the String Beans (who composed a catchy theme song), Buddy G, an adorable animation that's also educational, starring Buddy G, his friend Owen, his moms and his talking gadget, Socrates, was born.
Cut string beans in 1-inch sections and parboil separately.
Add sliced ginger, onion, garlic and string beans. Add coconut milk and fish sauce and then add the roasted pumpkin cubes...
* String beans are 24 inches taller than the lettuce.
haricots verts (very thin string beans) 1 medium red onion (finely diced) 2 tomatoes (seeds removed and finely diced) INGREDIENTS FOR THE SALMON 6 salmon fillets (8-oz.
Ingredients: Cod; handful string beans; 200g cherry tomatoes; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp sugar
Members of YM/WREA helped cook a Thanksgiving feast for 330 people, preparing 29 turkeys, 100 pounds of mashed potatoes, 100 pounds of sweet potatoes, 50 pounds of string beans, and 24 pumpkin pies among other festive dishes.
In the same skillet used for the meat and onions, stir-fry the tomatoes and one or two of the vegetable add-ins (sweet green pepper, chopped string beans or green beans; green peas; carrots; chopped cabbage).
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