WBZ Anchor David Wade Loves Green Bean Casserole for Thanksgiving
If you had told the David Wade of 2009 that his favorite part of Thanksgiving would one day be green bean casserole, he would have said you were dead wrong. Now the crunchy onion-topped Thanksgiving side his is favorite part of the meal.
The WBZ-TV anchor blames his prior aversion to green bean casserole on its color and its consistency, derived from cream of mushroom soup.
“I never gave it the proper chance it needed,’’ Wade joked.
For the past several years, Wade has cooked and hosted dinner at home, but this year he and his wife, Francy, his 8-year-old daughter, Danica, his 19-month-old son, David Jr., and his 3-month-old son, Robby, are headed to his in-laws for dinner before he heads to work for the night.
Even though he’ll be a guest at the table, the Somerville native plans to contribute a stuffed mushroom appetizer.
“I actually keep all meat out of [the stuffing],’’ Wade said. “I chop up shiitake mushrooms that I mix with breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, and I mix herbs in it. I make almost a mushroom stuffing in the mushroom.’’
Since he has to work Thursday night, Wade will miss out on his favorite part of Thanksgiving: the after-meal sandwiches full of stuffing and gelatinous cranberry sauce, which he and his family eat during rounds of board games.
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