French Beans

Ingredients

• a small onion
• some parsley
• a drop or two of vinegar or a squeeze of lemon
• a little hot butter
• an hour and a half

Method

1. 1

   Boil the beans in salted water until tender.

2. 2

   Drain and put them in a saucepan with hot butter, chopped onion, and parsley.

3. 3

   Just before serving, add vinegar or lemon.

4. 4

   Alternatively, simmer with stock and bacon for an hour and a half.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery (1897) by Marguerite Ninet, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a little hot butter, a small onion and some parsley, both finely chopped ; just before serving add a drop or two of vinegar or a squeeze of lemon. Or heat some good pork dripping in a saucepan, put the beans in with enough stock to cover them, and a piece of bacon ; cover and let the contents simmer for an hour and a half

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