Add salt and other spices, as desired. Many people add ham or bacon to green beans, to add taste. Put the green beans into the water and bring the water to a boil, letting the beans simmer. When the water comes to a boil, turn down the heat, so the water doesnât boil off. If it does, youâll scorch your beans.
A 1991 comedy, âWhat About Bobâ, was actually filmed at Smith Mountain Lake. In the movie, starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss, a successful psychiatrist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, a highly manipulative obsessive-compulsive, tracks him down during his family vacation.
There are some wonderful bed and breakfasts in this area of Virginia. One even in an historic downtown areas of a nearby town to Smith Mountain Lake. The same even has a friend who has part of the set from the set designer from the making of What about Bob starring Richard Dreyfuss and Bill Murray.