Four-Minute Side Dish

O, haricot verts, how it pains me to say this, given all that you have given us (nay, done for us), but I have grown tired of you. For eight years, you -- the basic steamed and salted version of you -- were there for us, a rock in our rotation, a reliable side dish we could count on. You made us feel better about ourselves, because our children loved yo…