Stewed Dried Beans, No. 1

Ingredients

• 2 quarts dried beans
• 4 pounds beef, mutton, or fresh pork
• Pepper
• salt
• such herbs and spices as may be desirable

Method

1. 1

   Prepare and boil the beans for fifteen or twenty minutes, as directed in the recipe for Boiled Dried Beans, and drain.

2. 2

   Cleanse and cut the meat into small pieces.

3. 3

   Put beans and meat into a pot, cover with cold water, add seasoning, cover, and simmer until thoroughly done, stirring occasionally.

4. 4

   Serve beans and meat together.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED DRIED BEANS, No. 1. With beef, mutton, or fresh pork. 2 quarts dried beans. 4 pounds beef, mutton, or fresh pork. Pepper, salt, and such herbs and spices as may be desirable

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