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Beets with Butter

From French dishes for American tables, 1886

Can also be served with bechamel sauce mixed with cream.

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 French dishes for American tables (1886) by Caron, Pierre, page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beets with Butter. Peel and wash a dozen small beets, boil them in three quarts of wa- ter, and, when perfectly tender, put them in cold water for a moment, cut them in thin slices, put them in a saucepan with two ounces of butter and a pinch of salt

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