Kidney Beans.
FIRST carefully string them, then slit them down the
middle, and cut them across. Put them into salt and wa-
ter, and when the water boils in your saucepan, put them
in with a little salt. They will be soon done, which may
be known by their feeling tender. Drain the water clear
from them, lay them in a plate, and send them up with
butter in a sauce-boat.