I told my students how much I despised wax beans when I was growing up.
They had no idea what I was talking about.
So I pulled up the image of a can of wax beans to show them.
Still nothing.
Not a single one of them had ever been subjected to the horrors of wax beans.
So I asked a handful of colleagues. None of them had ever eaten wax beans. Most had never heard of the dam things.
So I asked Elysha.
She, too, had never eaten wax beans. Never out of a can, at least. Maybe as a part of some dish, but never on their own.
What the hell is going on? Was my mother the only person on the planet subjecting her children to this horrible vegetable?
Wax beans seem to still be on the market today, but is anyone buying them, and if so, why?
