Kidney Beans

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (8)
  1. Put young small beans into strong salt and water for three days, stirring them two or three times each day.
  2. Put the beans into a pan with vine-leaves both under and over them.
  3. Pour on the same water they came out of.
  4. Cover the pan close and let it over a very slow fire until the beans are of a fine green.
  5. Put the beans into a hair sieve to drain.
  6. Make a pickle with white wine vinegar (or fine ale-allegar), boiling it for five or six minutes with a little mace, Jamaica pepper, and a race or two of ginger sliced.
  7. Pour the hot pickle upon the beans.
  8. Tie down the beans with a bladder and paper.
Original Text
Kidney Beans. TAKE ſome young ſmall beans, and put them into ſtrong ſalt and water for three days, ſtirring them two or three times each day. Then put them into a pan, with vine-leaves both under and over them, and pour on them the ſame water they came out of. Cover them cloſe, and let them over a very ſlow fire till they are of a fine green. Then put them into a hair ſieve to drain, and make a pickle for them of white wine vinegar, or fine ale-allegar. Boil it five or ſix minutes, with a little mace, Jamaica pepper, and a race or two of ginger ſliced. Then pour it hot upon the beans, and tie them down with a blad- der and paper.
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