Beans or Peas
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 6
Green corn, lima and string beans can be put up in the same way.
Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 413. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
BEANS OR PEAS. Get tin cans with covers which solder on. Fill your cans full with peas shelled and prepared as you would to cook them, then solder the covers on ; put into a kettle and boil three hours ; then take out of the water and make a hole in the can with a shingle nail to let the air out ; then solder up again and boil two hours longer. Several cans can be done at the same time. Green corn, lima and string beans can be put up in the same way. When you use them soak a short time in warm water ; then cook and season the same as fresh ones with the addition of a small bit of saleratus
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