Salade Niçoise

• 6 hard boiled eggs, cut in half
• 12 or so cooked, cold green beans
• 12 black olives

Whack the lot into a salad bowl and eat it.

You may assure the querulous gastronaut that authentic salades niçio se s do not have garlic in them. And one other thing, even in most Provençal restaurants it is worth demanding that they use olive oil.