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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 8:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
UA used to say "haricots verts" on their menus. In any language, I still pushed them to the side, uneaten. The pretentiousness didn't change the flavo(u)r
Haricots verts are different from the usual American green beans. I don't know a clearer American English term for those thinner beans.
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