To keep Green Peas till Christmas

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (12)
Preservation
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Instructions (18)
Preservation
  1. Shell the peas.
  2. Throw them into boiling water with some salt.
  3. Let them boil for five or six minutes.
  4. Throw them into a colander to drain.
  5. Lay a cloth four or five times double on a table and spread the peas on it.
  6. Dry them very well.
  7. Fill the bottles with the dried peas.
  8. Cover them with fried mutton-fat.
  9. When the fat is a little cold, fill the necks of the bottles almost to the top.
  10. Cork the bottles.
  11. Tie a bladder and a leather over the corks.
  12. Store them in a cool, dry place.
Serving
  1. When you use them, boil water.
  2. Put in a little salt, some sugar, and a piece of butter.
  3. When the peas are boiled enough, throw them into a sieve to drain.
  4. Put them into a saucepan with a good piece of butter.
  5. Keep shaking the saucepan until the butter is melted.
  6. Turn them into a dish and send them to table.
Original Text
To keep Green Peas till Christmas. TAKE fine young peas, shell them, throw them into boiling water with some salt in, let them boil five or six minutes, throw them into a cullender to drain; then lay a cloth four or five times double on a table, and spread them on; dry them very well, and have your bottles ready, fill them and cover them with mutton-fat fry'd; when it is a little cold fill the necks almost to the top, cork them, tie a bladder and a leather over them, and let them in a cool dry place. When you use them boil your water, put in a little salt, some sugar, and a piece of butter; when they are boiled enough, throw them into a sieve to drain, then put them into a saucepan with a good piece of butter, keep shaking it round all the time till the butter is melted, then turn them into a dish, and send them to table.
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