French Beans Preserved in Salt

Ingredients

• After having picked and washed the French beans
• boil in water for 2 minutes
• sprinkle each layer freely with a thin layer of salt.
• let them soak at least for 4 hours

Method

1. 1

   After having picked and washed the French beans, boil in water for 2 minutes, cool, and drain.

2. 2

   When quite cold, spread them in layers in a barrel or stoneware jar, sprinkle each layer freely with a thin layer of salt.

3. 3

   Put them to press by the means of a board with a weight on it.

4. 4

   Twenty-four hours after the French beans have sunk it is necessary to add some salt.

5. 5

   Cover the surface with a cloth and hermetically seal the barrel or jar.

6. 6

   To cook, place the beans in cold water, and let them soak at least for 4 hours, changing the water each hour.

7. 7

   Then cook them in the same way as fresh beans.

As published

This recipe was extracted from How to cook vegetables (1911) by Charles Herman Senn, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

French Beans Preserved in Salt. After having picked and washed the French beans, boil in water for 2 minutes, cool, and drain. When quite cold, spread them in layers in a barrel or stone- BEETROOT. 45 ware jar, sprinkle each layer freely with a thin layer of salt. Put them to press by the means of a board with a weight on it. Twenty-four hours after the French beans have sunk it is necessary to add some salt. Cover the surface with a cloth and hermetically seal the barrel or jar. To cook, place the beans in cold water, and let them soak at least for 4 hours

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