Recipe: Hot Green Bean Salad, Green Bean Surprise

HOT GREEN BEAN SALAD
(Serves 4)

4 slices bacon
1/3 c. minced scallions (green
onions)
2 Tbsp. tarragon vinegar
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 lb. fresh green beans
2 Tbsp. chopped chives

Fry bacon until crisp. In bacon fat saute onions until
tender. Stir in vinegar and mustard. Cook beans (steam) for
about 6 minutes, pat dry and toss with vinegar and mustard
dressing. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon and chives. Serve warm.

GREEN BEAN SURPRISE

1 onion
2 cans green beans

1 onion
4 strips bacon
3 Tbsp. sugar
3 Tbsp. vinegar
peppercorns

Fry bacon, pour beans into bacon grease. Slice onion
over top; add rest of ingredients. Simmer covered until onions

4 strips bacon
3 Tbsp. sugar
3 Tbsp. vinegar
peppercorns

Fry bacon, pour beans into bacon grease. Slice onion
over top; add rest of ingredients. Simmer covered until onions.