Scarlet Runners

Ingredients

• Trim the beans
• salt
• a good-sized piece of butter

Method

1. 1

   Trim the beans so as to prevent any stringy matter remaining.

2. 2

   Cut them into thin slices, and cook in boiling water and salt.

3. 3

   Remove the lid of the saucepan and boil quickly.

4. 4

   When young and fresh they do not require more than a quarter of an hour’s boiling.

5. 5

   Place in a hot vegetable dish with a good-sized piece of butter on the top of them.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The book of plain cooking (1904) by Ethel Archer, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Scarlet Runners Trim the beans so as to prevent any stringy matter remaining. Cut them into thin slices, and cook in boiling water and salt. Remove the fid of the saucepan and boil quickly. When young and fresh they do not require more than a quarter of an hour’s boiling. Place in a hot vegetable dish with a good-sized piece of butter

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