3 Ingredient Southern Green Beans - Mama's Old Fashioned Southern Cooking
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2023
- "If you want to experience the best Southern green beans, look no further. They are simply unbeatable. Don't settle for boring canned green beans when you can have the absolute best."
Welcome to Collard Valley Cooks! Have you wished you could make your Green Beans taste like Mama made them? You can do it! Come sit at my table and watch my cooking videos. You will learn how to cook Southern-style dishes using my mama's techniques and recipes. You will become a great cook, so stick around and don't miss a post by clicking that subscribe button today! Please leave me a comment if you like this recipe!
We have 4 large print cookbooks for sale! Purchase Collard Valley Cooks Cookbooks through our website: www.collardvalleycooks.com/co...
We have over 700 Printable recipes on our website. Use our search bar on the home page of our website to find any recipe. You can print it or save the pdf to print later. Go here to find this recipe under a food category here: www.collardvalleycooks.com/so...
To use our website search bar go to the top of the home page here: www.collardvalleycooks.com/
Granny Green Beans (Vol. 1 Cookbook Recipe)
3 14.5 OZ. CANS OF GREEN BEANS (DO NOT DRAIN)
1/8 CUP COOKING OIL
1 TBSP. GRANULATED SUGAR
For full recipe visit our website here: www.collardvalleycooks.com/be...
Subscribe to Collard Valley Cooks: / collardvalleycooks
Link to enter our current Giveaway: www.collardvalleycooks.com/gi...
See our Latest Video Tutorials: www.youtube.com/@CollardValle...
See our Most Watched Video Tutorials: www.youtube.com/@CollardValle...
Shop Tammy’s Amazon Favorites: amzn.to/3TSRbsx
Check out our website: www.collardvalleycooks.com/
Shop our Kitchen Best Sellers: www.collardvalleycooks.com/to...
We are Chris & Tammy Nichols and we are sharing our love for Southern cooking, passed down through generations and seasoned with a whole lot of love. Come sit at our table, where biscuits rise golden brown, collard greens simmer soulfully, and laughter and good times always bring back memories. We'll be showing you how to whip up classics like fried chicken and cornbread, explore hidden gems of Southern cuisine, and even throw in a few surprises along the way. So, grab your kitchen tools and get ready to cook up some memories with Collard Valley Cooks!
#grannygreenbeans
Swaggerty Sausage Sponsor: www.swaggertys.com/
#collardvalleycooks, #collardvalleycooksrecipes, #southerncooking #greenbeans 
Развлечения
Bacon drippings, ham and a diced onion is how my Grandma Ruth made them, picked and snapped right out of the garden! Yum!
Sounds really good. I will have to add some ham to the onion and bacon. Yummy!
Love fresh vegetables out of the garden
My 94 yo mom in law cooked them “to death”. Almost black & the best. She used old pressure cookers & beat up aluminum pans. Made the best Chocolate Pound Cake & Strawberry Cobbler ever.
She would be 106 now. Picked cotton for neighbors, made butter, never had A/C. Never moved from her home place. Whole ‘nother world.
Days gone by.
Georgia
They don’t make too many women like that anymore! These millennials don’t even cook! Too much work! Everything is takeout!
❤
Sounds like mygrandmoms
I’m from Ga too 😁
Sounds just like my Grandmother too. She churned her own butter. She taught me too. From Tennesee!
Would have love to know her, and her strawberry cobbler 😊
My Momma always cooked potatoes in with her green beans with bacon fat. My Daddy always used to rave about how much he loved them.
Fresh green beans from the garden cooked with new potatoes are so good.
bacon is not as good as it was before covid not sure why but it doesn't taste like bacon and doesn't smell like bacon when its cooking
@@sueparks-ld4ru If you had Covid, your full sense of taste and smell might not have come back. I've known people for whom it was never the same as before.
To much yak,yak
@@olddog103sometimes it is good to hear the extra stuff people say you can always learn something new
I have a friend that cooks hers with brown sugar instead of white granulated. She cooks them down just like you do. She owned a restaurant and she was famous for her green beans. She told me that some people would order a meat and 2 or 3 servings of her green beans.
I cook my fresh carrots down with brown sugar too. My SIL worked at Cracker Barrel and that’s how theirs are cooked too.
My Aunt cooked her GB the same way but with brown sugar as well. Sometimes she sprinkled crispy bacon on top depending on her mood! 🤗
@sandraskalmik387 - Brown would be superior, because brown has molasses in it. 😉
She prefer the light or dark?
@@scarter8137 LP
That sounds yummy, too!
My aunt made them this way, but added a thinly sliced sweet onion that will caramelize during the last phase.
I am a New Yorker but I love the South! Grew up partly in Florida and true Southerners are authentically kind and the food is delicious. I think this is partly due to all the Grannies and Mama’s who put so much love into it! And sweet tea - yes please!
Flurida aint the South.
@@smokey1972 Heheheheh I didn’t say Florida was the South - just that I love the South! Traveling from NYC to Florida brought me through the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia and sometimes on I75 down through Tennessee and Alabama!!! Now them are the South, ehhhh???!!!
@@smokey1972 I now live in Florida for last 45 years and you are wrong it is defiantly in the south.
My grandmother always added a little sugar to her green beans. She said it takes the dirt taste out of them, and I agree! It really does. So yummy!
My grandmother used sugar. Accent does the same as sugar and it brings flavor out. Great on salads and a multitude of foods. Father I. Law introduced to me. Years ago.
Brown Sugar is the best
I'm gonna try. Thanks to your grandma
I have never eaten a string bean that has a "dirt" taste, no matter if they a commercially canned, home canned or fresh from the garden (aka raw).
Dirt taste ‼️❓. What ❓😂
I tried your recipe for these green beans and everyone in my family LOVED them. I will always cook them like this way forever and ever!!!! Love them!!
Wonderful!
This is a delicious recipe! I follow this exact recipe but with 2 changes: I use canned whole green beans and I don't mash them. Call me crazy, but I'm convinced whole beans have more flavor than cut. Thanks guys!
We cook our green beans with bacon grease, chopped bacon & garlic & fine diced onion. Savory heaven 🤤
Adding bacon grease or even smoked ham will give lots of flavor. A pinch of sugar helps to balance out the flavors.
We have a saying in the old south that it is a sin to use sugar in corn bread of vegetables, it's somewhere in the bible but I forgot where LOL
I have made this recipe 3 times already in a non stick pan. I saw it in one of your previous videos. My husband won't eat canned green beans, but he'll eat these!!
I remember good old tender green beans at family dinners... usually with mashed potatoes, gravy, ham and homemade hot rolls
Exactly at big Mama's on Sunday!! 🌹❤🎉
Chris will say anything to avoid sleeping on the couch
We got our ham from our smokehouse along with all the other pork
@@sharonp4446 No thank you to farm life and all the beautiful pets killed for meat
And iced teas?
Hi Tammy & Chris! My entire crew loves Granny's Green Beans! They alwsys ask for them. It's one of your recipes they've learned to make on their own. I believe they would make a meal just out of these green beans, creamed potatoes and cornbread! Thanks for the video, y'all!
May I ask you how much oil you use?
100% color returned edit color 1:07 1:10
@@mollyswanner1607 She said 1/8 (one eighth) cp.
@@mollyswanner1607 1TBS of sugar. There is a printable reciepe www.collardvalleycooks.com/uploads/1/4/0/4/140425906/granny_green_beans_vol_1.pdf
Yummy 😋 good ole fashion country grub ya'll ❤❤❤ from Tn.
Love green beans with bacon drippings and onion because that is how my grandma did. I want to try your recipe. I'm always up for trying new things
That's how I make mine....so delicious!
Show recipe for can green beañs
Bacon grease and a sprinkle of sugar make green beans so yum😋
And I have bacon grease in my freezer yay thank you
It absolutely does
I jumped the gun on this comment and posted before the video started🤗 but I have learned from trial and error cooking in a dive bar....I drain out all the water from the can coat in whatever kind of grease I have bacon/olive oil/whatever(you can saute some onions in whatever oil/grease before coating the beans as well) add just enough water to cover then just a sprinkle of sugar, cook on high to get most of the water out....basically the same process in reverse!!! Yum!!!
yep. been putting bacon grease in green beans for 50 years.
I don't know where did y'all get adding sugar to food, but if you like it I love it.
I’ve made these several times. Always the star of the potluck. People always wind up talking about “those green beans, who made that!?” I cut the sugar down just a little but follow everything else. Yes you can hear the popping when cooled down correctly.
I've never seen this channel before & I LOVE IT! Thank you SO Much for letting us see your recipes (IN FULL) on your website without having to sign-up, register, tell you the names of all our grandchildren AND pets, and/or PAY YOU a $35/month subscription fee. Honestly, this is the MOST humble & fun channel I've found in a really long time (& she has over half-million subscribers!).
Many Blessings to You ALL
You are so welcome!
@@CollardValleyCooks OMGosh, I sure didn't expect a reply~ Thank You Again!
@@jennifersignsoflife1375 ..Your comment was hilarious and so true.
@@josi7690 Thank YOU! Yeah, some of them I just can't believe how intrusive they are, and STILL end up hiding their recipes, yet here's this AWESOME lady who gives us ALL of HERS. She's the BEST! Thanks for your comment~
I’ve been making my green beans like this ever since I watched your Granny Green Beans recipe about a year ago. They are insanely good! Three regular size cans is about two servings for me, haha. So good I can’t stop eating them. Green beans for crying out loud!!
I'm trying this today. I can't wait for tonight. ahaha. I am serving pork chops and tomato salad with it.. hmmmmm. We'll see if we can get these kids to eat vegetables!!!
I'm Southern and my granny, my mother, aunts and I as a 68 years old woman has always used sugar in our fresh or can green beans. We use butter instead of oil and season them with black pepper and garlic salt.
And my grammy wouldn't cook them down until most of the pot licker was cooked down. She said watch em so they dont burn.. but wait til you hear that crack pop. ... so good.
For the information of all those naysayers Southerners, my mother always cooked her vegetables with a little sugar which enhance the flavor of everything immensely.
You are my hero!!! Green beans out of a can that taste like out of a garden today!!! You've go to be kidding. I made these but didn't tell anyone I had a new recipe. They couldn't get over how good they were. I followed your recipe exactly and it was perfect. Thank you so much. ❤
Fantastic!
Oh Lordy! I’ve been cooking fresh, home canned and canned green beans for over 30 years. I tried your recipe and my husband LOVED them! Thanks Tammy!
I’m from a king line of southern cooks, and my Mama would say “Don’t turn your nose up at something you haven’t tried!”
I’ve cooked a lot of them (fresh & canned) with & without bacon grease, potatoes, etc, but I’ve not done them this way - I’ll give it s try! 👍
I'm
I'm
I decided to make this for my husband who doesn’t particularly like vegetables, he loved them!! He looked at me in disbelief and asked if I really made it 😂 He said just keep making it! He is a Northerner with a sweet tooth. Thank you for a wonderful idea!!!!
That is awesome!
Thanks for your recipe, here in UK we buy mostly frozen green beans, earlier I watched your birthday strawberry pie, I love your gadget to hull strawberries so much so I just ordered one from Amazon.
Best green beans I've ever had. It's the only way I make green beans.
I'll be trying this TONIGHT! Thank you! If Chris likes it, I'm sold.
My granny put sugar in her green beans too. I love them that way & so does my family😊
I am trying them out right now for my dinner with pork roast, potatoes and gravy! My tummy is growling lol 😅
Hey, Tammy 💚💗. Sorry I didn’t this watch earlier. I love these granny green beans ❤.
My mom put sugar in a lot of food, she said it brought out the flavor . She was from LA.
We lived in Texas . Im 80 years old now
But i still remember my mama's cooking.
I remember a card i made for mothers day
Roses are red violents are blue .
Your are the best cook in the world ❤
My mother added sugar to nearly all her vegetables especially corn because it made them taste like they were fresh out of the garden. She also froze okra by picking it, putting it in freezer bags without cutting or even washing it. She would freeze and then that winter she would wash it in warm water, cut it , roll it in corn meal and fry it. It tasted like it was fresh from the garden, too.
Thank you, Tammy,
I'm from the South, but live elsewhere now.
I remember my Granny's greenbeans. They were delicious!
I miss all the good Ole Southern food❤
I'll have to give these a try.
Hello Tammy and Chris thank you looks great
Ive always cooked mine with bacon grease. I love green beans.
Cook smoked turkey with seasoning. Garlic power, onion powder, salt, pepper and onion soup mix. Once the turkey is done, drain the green beans and put into pot with a few cut up white potatoes. Cook on low for about 30 minutes. Then you'll have my granny's green beans.
I use a smoked turkey leg in my turnip and collard greens. My family loves them 💗
I use sugar and a splash of lemon juice. The lemon juice really takes em up a notch.
I wonder if the lemon helps w the earthy taste?
White wine and garlic.
I love soft green beans.
Ms. Tammy you are an angel! Hubby likes green beans but they are always fresh. I can't always get fresh that are decent. So I make canned once and a while. So bored with my recipe for canned. The sugar is genius! Making this tomorrow for Sunday dinner. Great recipe!
I was raised to add at least a dash of sugar to vegetables & to anything with tomatoes to take out the acidity of the tomato. (Like okra, corn, & tomatoes) But Granny ALWAYS had bacon drippin's 🥓 on her huge ancient white gas stove (with the griddle in the middle of eyes) to season her vegetables, dumplins, grits, what have ya ... so Chris ... i LIKE whut you sed ...YES Tammy ...Praise the Lord we all can cook 'em like we learned 'em. 🙌 ❤❤❤ 😃😄😆
I grew up with a coffee can on the back of the stove where my grandmother and mom stored bacon drippings. And yes, it was an ancient white, gas stove!
@YT4Me57 WOO HOOO!!!! Thanks for sharing that!! I was born in 57 & was blessed to know my great grandmother (Granny) She also had tin coffee cans on top of her propane space heater (from the huge propane tank on the side of the house) to put moisture in the air. I miss that simple life. 😃😄😆💖💕✨️👋👋
@@YT4Me57 I remember in the '60s and '70s you could buy a 3 piece set to keep on the stove that had metal salt & pepper shakers AND a container with lid to hold the bacon grease. Thanks for bringing back that memory 💕
@@rfowler6039 my Mama had that very set. She’s been gone almost 20yrs but my Daddy still has it on the stove.
Sherry Webber my Mama taught me to always add a “touch” of sugar to everything! She was a wonderful cook and everybody always wanted her recipes and to know what her secret was.
I am so glad you did this video the only green beans I make your recipe. I appreciate you showing us how to do this….thank you.. I learned years ago from a good cook you always add sugar to your vegetables it brings out the flavor.I also heard that on the food network. People try the sugar you really don’t taste it but it brings bean to another level.
Hi Tammy and Chris. These are the best canned bean recipe. So easy peasy and delicious. Thank you for highlighting this again. Love ya❤❤❤❤
Thanks Tammy. I love southern green beans. I’m going to try your recipe
I make mine like I learned when I worked at Mrs. Winner’s years ago. Chicken bouillon and dried minced onion. That’s only with canned, though. With fresh, I do bacon grease and onion, and if I don’t have bacon grease I add just a touch of vegetable oil. I agree with cooking them for a long time.
I am going to try this next time I cook green beans. One of my dear aunts would put a pinch of sugar in many things she cooked, including stewed tomatoes! BTW she was a South Georgia girl until coming to N.C. in her teens. I hope your visit with your new neighbor went well.
That’s the one thing I can’t do is add sugar to stuff. I bite into some greens or something that tastes a little sweet and I’m done. And cornbread with sugar? No way. I know some families love it, and that’s okay by me. But in my family sugar was for dessert and tea and not much else.
@@tarabooartarmy3654 Hi, I've never put sugar into things either. And cornbread? No way! My favourite dessert is a glass of buttermilk with cornbread crumbled into it! However I am going to try the green bean thing because she is such an excellent cook and other things I've tried have been great. Nice chatting with you!
@@bparker2872 I love cornbread and milk! I use sweet milk on mine but my husband uses buttermilk. So yummy. 😊
I do mine similar. I use bacon grease and Lawry’s Season salt. I fry to they get caramelized!yum.
I use olive oil and a little butter and a little sugar and a sprinkle of Goya ham dry seasoning, and one shake of garlic powder. I will try your recipe.
I'm from Texas . And this is the first time . I heard about putting . Sugar into green beans . I'll have to try this . Thanks Tammy and Chris . Have a great weekend .😊
Canned green beans, fresh bacon ( uncooked) chopped in small pieces and 1/2 onion in small pieces, salt and pepper and a pinch of garlic. Cover and cook low and slow……. The BEST!
I’m a believer and your story gave me chills all over and a great big smile! Loved that it happened and I know you were blown away. I know you do the videos because you enjoy it but that was a great blessing! Love it!!’
I like green beans all kinds of ways. I'll give this one a try.
Yummy a must try! Have a great weekend.👍❤️😋
Hey Tammy! 👋 I tried your green been recipe and it turned out great and delicious! Next time I’m going to use bacon grease and sugar and cook it down. We put bacon grease on three things . Spinach, green beans and poke. Thank you so much for your experience!❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊
Poke good
me to seemed to greasy for my taste
bacon grease for sure
I just made sum and umm so good, BUT, I kicked it up a notch by adding 1can mushroom soup with Durkee onions, no milk and dang what a sweet tasty dish. ❤
My mom and grandmother always put a “pinch of sugar” in all their vegetables. They were depression era cooks and very southern. Best meals ever.
I’m telling y’all, for anyone who likes country style green beans, you need to try this method at least once. They are some of the best green beans you will ever eat. They taste like they’ve been cooked with country bacon or something. But you have to follow her directions and cook them exactly like she says. They are absolutely delicious!
I made these for my husband, who absolutely LOVES green beans! Me not so much! I’ve never been confident in my ability to make green beans and my husband said his Mom made the best! She was an excellent, southern cook! He said these were so delicious!! Thanks Tammy for giving me a recipe that I can feel confident in😊😊😊 I did add 1/2 of a diced onion in mine.
We been doing this all my old life. I scorch mine on purpose and scrape the pot . Yum.
Onion and ham/bacon pieces. Yummy!
Tammy, once I made green beans following your recipe years ago, I have not made them any other way. They are so very good. 😊
I always love y'alls videos and enjoy seeing how other folks do things. I'm in my kitchen in the same apron. 😊
These are delicious!
I buy the French style green beans I put a pat of butter and a chicken bouillon cube in mine and they have a very good flavor also
I do that and add a little bit of minced garlic and salt, pepper and onion powder in with mine if I'm wanting to do it a little bit differently than I normally do from the bacon grease, pieces of bacon and onion.
I remember you telling us about this method before and it's my favorite way to cook green beans! I love them with your meatloaf recipe and mashed potatoes. Only change is that I use a little less sugar
I need to find the meatloaf recipe! I make meatloaf once a week for my husband and neighbors. Always looking for new ideas 😊
that is how my grandma made her green beans, they were the best
Made them as directed and they were delicious, my husband who isn’t a green vegetable fan ate a big serving. Thank you!
String Beans are my favorite❣️My Gma showed me how to Snap’um 😋
They look so yummy! I can't wait to try your recipe, green beans are a favorite in my house
I love these green beans. I need to get that pot because you’re right, it marks up my stainless and it’s hard to get off. Thank you.❤
Bar keepers friend will easily clean that stainless steel pot. Regular Ajax or commet will also work. Whichever you use, make a paste with it, spread it all over the pot and just let it sit a bit or even overnight if needed. It will all wipe away with a washcloth.
Always made my green beans with the sugar. It makes a world of difference. I love green beans cooked this way!
I just made these beans with fresh beans out of the garden.... SO GOOD!!!!
How much liquid do you put in for fresh beans?
@@josi7690 I put the beans in the pot and covered them with water about 2 inches over the top.... they were Blue Lake pole beans... Good Luck trying it...
Wow you just answered my question cause our garden is full of green bean plants. Now I am thinking frozen green beans, thawed would work too!
Tammy, who got time for that, I say that jokingly😂‼️
Because I drain my green beans a little ,instead of waiting for all that liquid to boiled down. I follow the recipe some what. I put the sugar in but instead of oil I use butter and also add salt and pepper and onions . The sugar makes the difference ‼️👍🏾
iMac: how long does your way take to cook?
Tammy: how long does your way take to cook?
Wow, I made those green beans a few nights ago and they’re delicious
I tried them and my husband & I enjoyed them. He prefers to remove the juice and add water instead as a healthier alternative to the juice.
Love your green beans. A little tip,...anything that's made of stainless steel can be easily cleaned with oven cleaner. Just take the pot out of doors and spray it and forget it for
a while. In most cases, you won't have to scrub or scour, maybe a once over with a scrouring pad. The same is true for Corning ware. Burnt on casserole will lift off after
a soak in oven cleaner. No use wearing yourself out. LOL....Gary Schneider Alameda, California
Funny I’m eating canned green beans as soon as I got on your live, I really have to try this ❤
I think I would have to add bacon (not bacon grease), black pepper, and onions. A side of cornbread would also be nice!
This is so cool and I'm from Blairsville GA. So I can't wait to try them this way. Thank y'all!❤🎉❤
Love your recipe! Brings back memories. Thank you for sharing!!!
Canned green beans are underrated! We like them in salads too for a change up of the usual ingredients. Can't wait to try Tammy's version & all the commenters' variations too.
I even add a little sugar when I make my collard greens, you would never know it🎉!
Sugar in Collard greens, pork and beans, green beans, and homemade spaghetti sauae.
This is not your best recipe but it certainly is life changing. I’ve been experimenting with your technique on other canned vegetables with great results. Thanks for redoing the video. Nice production values. Stay safe. You two are a gift.
Sugar is my secret ingredient in pot roast! Maybe a half to 1 tablespoon for a 3-lb roast. Too good not to share it. ❤ i will try these!
My German grandmother would cook them according to the meal. Sometimes just fresh green beans lightly cooked with a bit of butter and dill. Sometimes cooked down like this with a little bacon, onion and sweet vinegar. The beans were always from her garden. I preferred the yellow wax beans because as a child I thought the green beans were "furry". Grandma grew both.
However, anyone chose to cook their green beans it is their business.
Green bean, smoked turkey, onion, seasoning, cook on low heat, add a few cut up white potatoes later to the pot!!! now that's my business..... delicious 😋
Made these again for family reunion, double recipe, always a hit! Thanks!
Great to hear!
I was born a Yankee that moved to California and I love Tammy’s recipes. I am not a good cook, but even I can make her recipes. More than anything I just enjoy watching her. It was nice to see her cohost make an appearance❣️🥰💕🙏🏻
Sounds great!
@@CollardValleyCooks You are making me look so good, lol❣️ But I am honest with people and I share with them where I found the recipes! 😉🙌🏻💖
I don’t add sugar but I do cook my green beans dry. I even like them a little scorched 🙃
Hi Tammy, I love green beans so I am very excited to try this recipe. They look delicious. My question is - how do you reheat them since there is no liquid for reheating? I live alone so I would not be able to eat all of these green beans at one meal. Thanks for a delicious looking recipe. Love watching you and Chris together. Such a happy couple.❤️🤗👏 lark
You can add liquid back
You could cook just one 15 oz can with just a tiny bit of oil and 1 TEASPOON of sugar.
You’ll probably eat them all with no left overs. 😂. They probably r that good. 👏
Heat them in microwave!
Now I know how to cook my hubby's favorite Southern style green beans; like his Granny cooked. Thanks!
Made these green beans....have to say, they are delicious! They actually tasted like my grañdmas!! Thank you so much for this recipe!!❤
I add a teaspoon of granulated chicken boullion and it takes away that tinny taste.
I did that for years, but now use Better Than Bouillon.
Tammy - I had to watch how you made these beans, because I make mine very much the same way. It is almost the same recipe, except I also add a pat or two of butter, and mix cooked bacon pieces into them when they're thru cooking. I even mash mine, but with fork. and yes - they are, like yours, delicious! Every good cook adds about a tablespoon of sugar the water of boiled corn on the cob, skillet fried squash (not battered), and even to spaghetti sauce. Sugar brings out the flavor of so many foods. I love your recipes.
❤
All I had was French style, it still worked! Yum. Can't wait to try with regular cut.
I can't wait to try these! Canned green beans are the only kind my son will eat.
They are absolutely Heavenly ❤🙏🏻❤️
I remember when my grandma use to do green beans she would also put a dash of vinegar in it ...HHMMMM sounds really good about now LOL
I use vinegar and sugar and they are delicious.
I use bacon grease in my green beans because it gives them a wonderful flavor just like what my mother and mother in law used to cook. 4:20
I tried this recipe and all I can say is WOW!!!!!! My food critic husband even loved it!!! Definitely in my dinner rotation.
It is interesting how this recipe would’ve come about. Perhaps someone left the green beans on the stove too long lol xo