Broccoli (or Green Bean) Casserole

Yeah, yeah, I know—everyone knows how to cook this dish, but I need to make sure you know how not to cook it!

When my brother George was in high school and I was in junior high, our friend Debbie Spigener (Hamilton) invited our family to dinner. Debbie was a first-year teacher who my mother had taken under her wing. She was also a newlywed who was anxious to use all her wedding presents to create a lovely dinner party, which she beautifully a