Boiled Beans (White or Lima)

Ingredients

• 1 cup beans
• 1 tbsp. butter
• ^ cup milk
• 1 tsp. salt
• quarter teaspoonful of baking soda

Method

1. 1

   Pick over one cupful of beans, soak in a quart of cold water overnight.

2. 2

   Drain off the water, add one quart of cold water and quarter teaspoonful of baking soda.

3. 3

   Bring to boiling and let simmer for two hours.

4. 4

   Drain, add the butter, salt, and milk and stand on the back of the stove for ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Public school household science (1905) by Adelaide Hoodless, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOILED BEANS (White or Lima). 1 cup beans. I 1 tbsp. butter. ^ cup milk. I 1 tsp. salt. Pick over one cupful of beans, soak in a quart o*f cold water over night. Drain off the water, add one quart of cold water and quarter teaspoonful of baking soda

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