Cousin Emma's Military Green Beans and Tomatoes

Fresh green beans and tomatoes. And, Alice actually said to use olive oil and not butter to saute the beans! A red letter day to be sure. A little garlic, oregano, red wine vinegar to finish them off. Alice allowed for them to be served warm or room temperature, which today is warm. Mark felt that the beans should have been canned if they were truly military issue, but I was happy to use fresh local produce. I don't want to Cousin Oliver it, but we've actually gone a week without eggs or heavy cream. I can almost feel the blood pumping to my heart. Nothing Government Issue about these - they were downright tasty.

Episode Note "Cousin Emma" Alice is taking a much-needed vacation and her cousin Emma steps in while she's gone. The only thing is, Alice isn't really gone because Cousin Emma is also played by Ann B. Davis. Why everyone  on TV in the 60s and 70s had an identical cousin, I'll never know. Anyway, Emma is a former WAC and runs the Brady household like a military boot camp. She tries to whip the kids into shape with 6am calisthenics and runs the kitchen like a mess hall. Unhappy with the regimentation, the Brady's try but are unable to convince Emma to leave early. Upon Alice's return, they plan a welcome home party that Emma miscontrues as a going away party. The Brady's are rightfully mortified by the way they've treated Emma and pretend the is a party for her. She doesn't ask, they don't tell.