Green Peas

A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House · Conrad, Jessie · 1923
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A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (9)
  1. Put into a saucepan of boiling water half a vegetable dish of green peas.
  2. Add two lumps of loaf sugar, a small sprig of mint, a pinch of soda, and a flat teaspoonful of salt.
  3. Young peas should cook from twenty to thirty minutes over a clear fire with the saucepan lid off.
  4. Strain through a cullender.
  5. When dished sprinkle with a good dessertspoonful of powdered sugar.
  6. Add a piece of butter about the size of a walnut.
  7. Turn over with a spoon several times before serving.
Bottled Peas
  1. Bottled peas treated in this manner very closely resemble fresh peas.
  2. They must be washed in three waters before cooking.
Original Text
Green Peas Put into a saucepan of boiling water half a vegetable dish of green peas. Add two lumps of loaf sugar, a small sprig of mint, a pinch of soda, and a flat teaspoonful of salt. Young peas should cook from twenty to thirty minutes over a clear fire with [Pg 110]the saucepan lid off. Strain through a cullender and when dished sprinkle with a good dessertspoonful of powdered sugar; add a piece of butter about the size of a walnut and turn over with a spoon several times before serving. Bottled peas treated in this manner very closely resemble fresh peas. They must be washed in three waters before cooking.
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