Where Did Green Bean Casserole Come From?

Thursday, November 26, 2015 - 11:20 in Mathematics & Economics

Casserole Photo by Rosalyn Davis via Flickr Foods like the green bean casserole feel to me like they've been around forever. They're a strange combination of ingredients that somehow seems to work, and they make it onto plenty holiday dinner tables (Campbell's estimates the number at 20 million). It's strange to think that they didn't just arise one holiday by accident and get passed down through generations. But the green bean casserole did not just evolve. So how did green beans, crispy friend onions, and condensed cream of mushroom soup meet after all? Well, it all started in 1955, at the Campbell's Kitchen (where else?), for an Associated Press feature. The mastermind behind the recipe is a woman named Dorcas Reilly. Campbell's published lots of recipes on soup cans, in ads, and in magazines,...

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