Boiled French Beans

Ingredients

• French beans
• a little piece of butter
• salt
• pepper

Method

1. 1

   Cut off the ends of the beans, peel off the string, cut into strips, and drop into cold water.

2. 2

   Drain and throw into boiling salted water; boil till tender, about fifteen minutes or half an hour if old.

3. 3

   Drain and shake in dried butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "A1" cookery book (1901) by H. N. L., page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boil French Beans. — Cut off the ends of the beans and peel off the string that runs down each side, cut them into strips and drop them into cold water, drain them and throw into a saucepan of fast-boiling water previously salted and skimmed ; boil till tender, which will be in about fifteen minutes, but if old, half an hour; pour them into a hot colander to drain. Put a little piece of butter into a saucepan, which should have been dried, and shake the beans in it, sprinkle a little salt and pepper

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