Boiled String Beans
From The Cook County cook book, 1912
Serves 4
Recipe from Mrs. John Hansen, Maywood, IL.
Presented as published in 1912. 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 Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 262. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
BOILED STRING BEANS.— Cut or snap off ends, remove strings, cut or snap into ^ inch pieces. Wash in cold water. Par- boil, if desired, for 15 minutes, in boiling water in which a level teaspoon of soda has been dissolved for each 2 qts. of beans. Drain and cover with fresh boiling water, and cook until tender, season w^ith salt toward the last. Drain, add a little pepper,^ and serve with melted butter
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