White Haricot Beans à la Maître d'Hôtel.
(Haricots blancs à la Maître d'Hôtel.)
Take some white haricot beans, soak them in clean cold water for a day or so before cooking them, occasionally changing the water, then put them into a stewpan with enough cold water or light stock from veal, rabbit, or chicken to cover them; place on the top of the beans a good bunch of herbs, one peeled onion, and a little bacon or ham bone; put