French Beans for Winter Use

Ingredients

• a two inch layer of salt
• a large earthen vessel
• layer of beans

Method

1. 1

   Put into boiling water for a minute, then into cold, drain, and dry them.

2. 2

   Put at the bottom of a large earthen vessel, a two inch layer of salt, then a layer of beans, and so proceed till it is filled, the top layer always to be salt.

3. 3

   Cover well.

4. 4

   When you take out, fill the vacancy with salt.

5. 5

   In cooking, soak them all the previous night, and add a little carbonate of soda.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 225. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

RENCH BEANS, for Winter Use. — Put into boiling water for a minute, then into cold, drain, and dry them. Put at the bottom of a large earthen vessel, a two inch layer of salt, then a layer of beans

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