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Grandpa Dutifully Hid Grandma’s Homemade Green Beans Till They Were Posthumously Found By Grandkids
Let’s go back a little bit to our childhoods. I think most of us have been in a situation where we are told to eat something by our parents that we don’t enjoy at all. But we need to because it’s healthy, we need it to grow tall and have the energy, well, you know the drill. However, it’s also a well-known remedy that if there’s something that needs to be eaten but we don’t want to, we should hide it so no one finds it.
So about that – one Reddit user shared her story that made the whole family laugh after seeing grandpa’s final petty revenge from beyond the grave – to be more specific, the ‘treasure’ found in the grandpa’s basement that consisted of a bunch of canned green beans.
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A woman shared how when growing up, they did everything as a family – dad raised beef cattle and grandma had a garden that she would feed the whole family from
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She added that the women would get together and can all fruits and vegetables, and grandma would ask grandpa to carry all the canned goods to the basement
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However, grandpa hated green beans and despite his request to not can so many, grandma didn’t listen
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So 11 years later when the grandkids were cleaning the basement, they found about 2000 jars of green beans that grandpa had hidden so that he wouldn’t need to eat them
A few days ago, a Reddit user took her story online remembering how while cleaning their grandparents’ basement, they found about 2000 jars of canned green beans. She immediately recalled that her grandpa used to hate them and hid all of them so he wouldn’t need to eat any. The post received a lot of attention and collected over 7.5K upvotes.
The original poster (OP) starts her story by sharing that all 5 of her grandparents’ children settled down within 10 miles of their house, so growing up they did everything as a whole family. OP’s dad raised beef cattle and pork, grandma had a garden, and the women would can all the fruits, vegetables and meat. She would ask grandpa to carry all of the canned goods to the basement.
However, he hated green beans and despite his request to not eat so many of them, grandma just kept doing it and he dutifully carried everything to the basement. However, years later, OP with a few family members were cleaning out the basement and guess what they found?
Well, a lot of canned goods but the main findings were about 2000 jars of green beans. The OP connected all the dots and started giggling realizing that it was grandpa’s work. As he hated the green beans so much, he kept hiding them so he wouldn’t need to eat them!
Community members loved this wholesome story and suggested OP start a tradition of hiding dated cans of green beans in her siblings’ houses. “Some random family member has to gift a can of green beans every Christmas, and who gets it has to gift it the next year,” one user suggested. “Grandpa played the long game and won!” another shared.
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Looking at Redditors’ comments, it’s clear that this situation may have been the perfect start to establishing some family traditions that could carry on for generations. And well – it looks innocent, meaning it wouldn’t create any family drama or make somebody upset but would bring laughter to everyone, that’s for sure!
In fact, speaking about traditions – while it may look just like a fun activity, having family traditions actually has a positive effect. Brunswick Crossing believes there should be traditions in every household as it helps children develop a sense of self and serves as a source of memories or a reminder of the family’s history. They also contribute to the development of character and closer family ties.
Also, if you want to start a new family tradition but don’t have any ideas what it might be, Better Up listed a few common family traditions that give members a time to come together and do something together. They could involve things like going swimming on the first day of spring, hiking in the same location or at the same time, doing a family digital detox which is not checking your devices all day, or starting a gratitude jar.
So while a new family tradition may be a bit tough to not forget to continue every year, after a while it will become a habit and will bring joy to every family member. But what do you think about this story? Did it make you laugh?
Community members loved this story and encouraged the woman to make this a family tradition
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Mike F 1 year ago
My mother always "put up" a zillion quarts of green beans every year. I didn't mind the planting and hoeing out weeds and I was cajoled into picking and breaking them occasionally, but I hated eating them. After I grew up, I absolutely loved them and learned to make beans the way she did so I can enjoy "mama beans" again since she died.
Papa 1 year ago
My grandmother made green beans with bacon, onions, and vinegar (and I'm sure other stuff). I haven't tasted green beans as good as hers since she died almost 50 years ago.
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Philip Rutter 1 year ago
I am SO with Grandpa! I would want to start an annual festival in his memory! "The Anti - Green Bean" festival - an all day party, serving wonderful food- but NO GREEN BEAN!! Probably with a good after-dark bonfire- to throw green beans us haters have liberated from the green-bean-pushers! Totally. Grandpa would love it.
BookFanatic 1 year ago
That's adorable. I found so much random cr*p in my parents' basement when I cleared it out. The best--and weirdest--was an old pack of Marlboro Reds (cigarettes) carefully tucked atop a pipe. My dad smoked those, and he passed in 1999. I found them in 2021. Not sure what Dad was thinking, but it made me smile.
QJBean 1 year ago
When my husbands uncles house was cleaned out they found boxes of gay porn. No one knew or suspected, not that it would have mattered but they hid the boxes so his elderly sister didn't see and unfortunately it all got accidently donated to the salvation army.
Panflute 1 year ago
With Salvation Army's anti-gay sentiments, I'd find that a perfectly acceptable donation.
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JayWantsACat 1 year ago (edited)
I'm not saying this is fake but does this actually make sense? 2000 jars between 1982 to 2000 is ~111 jars per year. So the grandpa hid around 111 jars of just green beans every year for 18 years? How many jars were grandma making of just greenbeans that 111 could go missing every year and not notice? And how many jars overall were being made every year that grandma wouldn't notice that they had to replace 111 missing jars in order to jar the veggies for the that year, each and every year for 18 consecutive years? Assuming others get broken you're still buying/replacing hundreds of replacement jars every year. Could grandma not notice that much of a discrepancy every year? If you believe this article, then I guess the answer is yes. But 2000 seems like a number they made up to make this story seem bigger than it is. It would;ve been just as funny if they found 100 bottles of green beans.
Mike F 1 year ago
My mother always "put up" a zillion quarts of green beans every year. I didn't mind the planting and hoeing out weeds and I was cajoled into picking and breaking them occasionally, but I hated eating them. After I grew up, I absolutely loved them and learned to make beans the way she did so I can enjoy "mama beans" again since she died.
Papa 1 year ago
My grandmother made green beans with bacon, onions, and vinegar (and I'm sure other stuff). I haven't tasted green beans as good as hers since she died almost 50 years ago.
Load More Replies... Philip Rutter 1 year ago
I am SO with Grandpa! I would want to start an annual festival in his memory! "The Anti - Green Bean" festival - an all day party, serving wonderful food- but NO GREEN BEAN!! Probably with a good after-dark bonfire- to throw green beans us haters have liberated from the green-bean-pushers! Totally. Grandpa would love it.
BookFanatic 1 year ago
That's adorable. I found so much random cr*p in my parents' basement when I cleared it out. The best--and weirdest--was an old pack of Marlboro Reds (cigarettes) carefully tucked atop a pipe. My dad smoked those, and he passed in 1999. I found them in 2021. Not sure what Dad was thinking, but it made me smile.
QJBean 1 year ago
When my husbands uncles house was cleaned out they found boxes of gay porn. No one knew or suspected, not that it would have mattered but they hid the boxes so his elderly sister didn't see and unfortunately it all got accidently donated to the salvation army.
Panflute 1 year ago
With Salvation Army's anti-gay sentiments, I'd find that a perfectly acceptable donation.
Load More Replies... JayWantsACat 1 year ago (edited)
I'm not saying this is fake but does this actually make sense? 2000 jars between 1982 to 2000 is ~111 jars per year. So the grandpa hid around 111 jars of just green beans every year for 18 years? How many jars were grandma making of just greenbeans that 111 could go missing every year and not notice? And how many jars overall were being made every year that grandma wouldn't notice that they had to replace 111 missing jars in order to jar the veggies for the that year, each and every year for 18 consecutive years? Assuming others get broken you're still buying/replacing hundreds of replacement jars every year. Could grandma not notice that much of a discrepancy every year? If you believe this article, then I guess the answer is yes. But 2000 seems like a number they made up to make this story seem bigger than it is. It would;ve been just as funny if they found 100 bottles of green beans.
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