Judías Verdes con Ajos Confitados

GREEN BEANS ARE THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IN THE SPANISH KITCHEN GARDEN. THEIR SPRAWLING TENDRILS COVER HEAD-HIGH TRIPODS OF STICKS, MAKING THEM LOOK LIKE OVERGROWN TEEPEES. ON ANY SPARE PATCH OF LAND IN THE COUNTRY, VILLAGE OR TOWN, SOMEONE WILL TURN OVER THE SOIL AND PLANT SOME BEANS. JUDÍAS WERE ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND WERE FIRST GROWN IN SPAIN IN THE 1500S AND REFER TO THE LARGER, THICKER BEANS WE CALL RUNNER BEANS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN ASIAN MARKETS. UNLIKE SMALLER GREE