652. French Beans

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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success · extracted 13 days ago
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (9)
  1. Head and tail the French beans, drawing off the back string.
  2. Cut the beans in long diamonds.
  3. Boil till tender in salted water (a quarter of a pound of salt to a gallon of water).
  4. Try them after a quarter of an hour’s boiling.
  5. Drain the beans.
  6. Lay them on a dish one inch thick.
  7. Sprinkle with a little salt, pepper, and two pats of butter.
  8. Put in the remainder of the beans and proceed the same at the top.
  9. Serve very quickly, to prevent the butter oiling.
Original Text · last edited 13 days ago
652. French Beans.—These are also a great favorite with many. To dress it, head and tail them, drawing off the back string, cut in long diamonds, boil till tender in water in which salt has been placed, a quarter of a pound to a gallon, try them after a quarter of an hour’s boiling, drain them, lay them on a dish one inch thick, sprinkle with a little salt, pepper, and two pats of butter, then put in the remainder, proceed the same at top; serve very quickly, to prevent the butter oiling.
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