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Green beans (American English
American English

PhonologyIn many ways, compared to English language in England, North American English is conservative in its phonology. Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast of the United States , partly because these areas were in contact with England, and imitated prestigious varieties of English English at a time when those varieties we...
), French beans or runner beans (British English
British English

British English or UK English is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere....
), also called squeaky beans, are the unripe fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 of any kind of bean
Bean

Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genus of the Family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed.The whole young pods of bean plants, if picked before the pods ripen and dry, can be tender enough to eat whole, whether cooked or raw....
, including the yardlong bean
Yardlong bean

The yardlong bean is also known as the long-podded cowpea, asparagus bean, snake bean, or Chinese long bean. It is known as dau gok in Yue Chinese, thua fak yao in Thai language and kacang panjang in Indonesian language and Malay language, sitaw in Tagalog language, bora in the West Indies and vali or eeril in Goa,...
, the hyacinth bean
Hyacinth bean

The Hyacinth Bean Savi. ), also called Indian Bean, Egyptian Bean or d?u v?n , is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae that is widespread as a food crop throughout the tropics, especially in Africa, India and Indonesia....
, the winged bean
Winged bean

The Winged bean , also known as the Goa bean and Asparagus Pea and Winged Pea , is a tropical legume plant native to Papua New Guinea....
, and especially the common bean
Common bean

The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is an herbaceous annual plant domesticated independently in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes, and now grown worldwide for its edible bean, popular both dry and as a green bean....
 (Phaseolus vulgaris), whose pods are also usually called string beans in the northeastern United States, but can also go by snap beans.






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Green beans (American English
American English

PhonologyIn many ways, compared to English language in England, North American English is conservative in its phonology. Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast of the United States , partly because these areas were in contact with England, and imitated prestigious varieties of English English at a time when those varieties we...
), French beans or runner beans (British English
British English

British English or UK English is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere....
), also called squeaky beans, are the unripe fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 of any kind of bean
Bean

Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genus of the Family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed.The whole young pods of bean plants, if picked before the pods ripen and dry, can be tender enough to eat whole, whether cooked or raw....
, including the yardlong bean
Yardlong bean

The yardlong bean is also known as the long-podded cowpea, asparagus bean, snake bean, or Chinese long bean. It is known as dau gok in Yue Chinese, thua fak yao in Thai language and kacang panjang in Indonesian language and Malay language, sitaw in Tagalog language, bora in the West Indies and vali or eeril in Goa,...
, the hyacinth bean
Hyacinth bean

The Hyacinth Bean Savi. ), also called Indian Bean, Egyptian Bean or d?u v?n , is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae that is widespread as a food crop throughout the tropics, especially in Africa, India and Indonesia....
, the winged bean
Winged bean

The Winged bean , also known as the Goa bean and Asparagus Pea and Winged Pea , is a tropical legume plant native to Papua New Guinea....
, and especially the common bean
Common bean

The common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is an herbaceous annual plant domesticated independently in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes, and now grown worldwide for its edible bean, popular both dry and as a green bean....
 (Phaseolus vulgaris), whose pods are also usually called string beans in the northeastern United States, but can also go by snap beans. Varieties have been bred especially for the fleshiness, flavor, or sweetness of their pods. Smaller bean pods are often referred to by the French name haricots verts.

The first "stringless" bean was bred in 1894 by Calvin Keeney, called the "father of the stringless bean." Keeney worked in Le Roy
Le Roy (town), New York

Le Roy or more commonly LeRoy is a town in Genesee County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 7,790 at the 2000 census....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
.

Green beans are of nearly universal distribution. They are marketed canned, frozen and fresh. A dish with green beans popular in the southern United States, particularly at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving may refer to:*Thanksgiving , the holiday on the fourth Thursday in November.*Thanksgiving , the holiday on the second Monday in October....
, is green bean casserole
Green bean casserole

Green bean casserole is a casserole consisting of Green Bean, Tin canned Cream of mushroom soup and fried onions. The recipe may also call for ground black pepper and/or soy sauce....
. Some restaurants in the USA serve green beans that are battered
Batter (cooking)

Batter is a liquid mixture, usually based on one or more flours combined with liquids such as water, milk or beer. egg is also a common component....
 and fried
Frying

Frying is the cooking of food in oil or fat, a technique that originated in ancient Old_Kingdom around 2500BC. Chemically, oils and fats are the same, differing only in melting point, but the distinction is only made when needed....
. Green beans are also sold dried and fried with vegetables like carrots, corn, and radishes. They are also rich in vitamin C.

Haricots verts, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 for "green beans," may refer to a longer, thinner type of green beans than the typical, American green beans.

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