You all know about eating turkey on Thanksgiving, but did you know that the second most popular dish to eat for that meal is the delicious green bean casserole. Thank you to the ladies in the kitchen of our school that are trying out this recipe and are letting us have a try. Now, I'm definitely thankful for that.
Here are some fun facts about green bean casserole!
1. It was invented over 60 years ago.
A woman named Dorcas Reilly developed the famous casserole while working as a recipe supervisor in Camden, NJ back in 1955.
2. It all started with soup.
Reilly was working in the home economics kitchen at the Campbell Soup Company, testing recipes for a feature in the Associated Press when she came up with the idea, which features Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup as the binding agent.
3. The casserole requires just six ingredients.
Fans love the dish in part because of how simple it is to throw together. It calls for ingredients that could be found in a typical home kitchen pantry: canned or fresh green beans, mushroom soup, milk, soy sauce and black pepper.
4. Millions of American families serve it over the holidays.
According to Today, green bean casserole can be found on dinner tables in 30 million households across the country during the holiday season.
5. The original recipe is in a museum.
Dorcas Reilly's original recipe for "Green Bean Bake," written on a recipe card, now belongs to National Inventor's Hall of Fame in Akron, OH—the same building where Thomas Edison's light bulb is on display.
6. The topping is the best part.
Though the original recipes used to include celery salt and ham and there have been countless variations over the years, there's one ingredient that's never changed: French fried onions. Campbell's official recipe calls for the French's brand, but no matter which type is used, you can never really add too many.
