Spinach
From Gas cookery, 1885
Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from Gas cookery (1885) by Helen Edden, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Spinach should be picked a leaf at a time, and well washed in several waters. Then put it into a clean stewpan with no water, with the exception of the water clinging to the leaves ; put in a little salt, and set it over a glimmer of gas. As the water draws out let it boil very quickly with the lid off. It will take about ten minutes or so. Strain it on a sieve and squeeze all the moisture away, then chop it finely with i6o VEGETABLES. a knife on a board. Make I oz. butter
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