To boil Spinach, when you have not room on the fire, to do it by itself

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
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  1. HAVE a tin-box, or any thing that ſhuts very cloſe, put in your ſpinach, cover it ſo cloſe as no water can get in; and put it into water, or a pot of liquor, or any thing you are boiling.
  2. It will be about an hour, if the pot or copper boils.
  3. In the ſame manner you may boil peas without water.
Original Text
To boil Spinach, when you have not room on the fire, to do it by itſelf. HAVE a tin-box, or any thing that ſhuts very cloſe, put in your ſpinach, cover it ſo cloſe as no water can get in; and put it into water, or a pot of liquor, or any thing you are boiling. It will be about an hour, if the pot or copper boils. In the ſame manner you may boil peas without water.
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