String Bean Stew
From The bride's cook book, 1915
Serves 4
Presented as published in 1915. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The bride's cook book (1915) by Edgar William Briggs, page 131. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
STRING BEAN STEW— Mix 1 cup (1/2 can) of DEL MONTE Canned String Beans, the liquid drained from the beans, 1 cup of DEL MONTE Canned Toma- toes, 1 small chopped onion, 1 teaspoon of salt, % teaspoon of pepper, and V2 cup of uncooked rice. Bake in the oven or cook in a double boiler until rice is tender. JELLIED STRING BEAN SALAD— Dissolve 1 envelope of softened gelatin and' 2 bouillon cubes in 1^^ cups of boiling liquid which may be water or the liquid drained from the beans. Add 1 teaspoon of salt, Vs teaspoon of pepper, 1 chopped DEL MONTE Canned Red Pimiento, and 1 cup (V2 can) of drained DEL MONTE Canned String Beans. When cold and firm, serve with mayonnaise. MEXICAN STRING BEANS— Melt 2 tablespoons of fat, add 3 tablespoons of Victory flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, and % teaspoon of pepper and allow to brown. Add the liquid drained from a can of DEL MONTE Canned String Beans and 1 tablespoon each of chopped onion and chopped DEL MONTE Canned Green Chile and bring to the boiling point, stirring constantly. Add 2 cups (1 can) of beans and cook 5 minutes. DEL MONTE Canned Tomatoes and Tomato Sauce DEL MONTE Tomatoes are solid, clean, whole, vine-ripened fruit, grown from ^ specially propagated seed, and packed at the moment of perfection, with all their distinctive natural flavor. Packed in No. 1 tall, No. 2 and No. 2V^ tins. Recipes herein refer to the No. 2l^ can. DEL MONTE Tomato Sauce is made according to our own special recipe, from selected red-ripe tomatoes, fresh green peppers and other pure seasoning ingredients. Its uses in cooking are legion, adding zest and flavor to innumerable dishes at a great saving of time and trouble to the housewife. It is unexcelled on hot or cold meats, in soups, gravies, on macaroni, beans, rice and other vegetables. Also makes a delicious cocktail sauce. Packed in buffet size and No. 1 tall cans. Tomato Suggestions and Recipes Pour a part or a whole can of DEL MONTE Canned Tomatoes over the macaroni and cheese instead of milk, before putting it into the oven to bake. Add canned tomatoes to the stewed chicken about V2 hour before it is done. It will improve the chicken and also make delicious gravy. Pour canned hot seasoned tomatoes over the beef steak just before serving and omit a vegetable from the menu. 26A The Conservation Foods of Flavor Add left over canned tomatoes to any croquette mixture instead of other liquid, and a delicious flavor will be imparted to the croquettes. Add left over canned tomatoes to the stuffing for green peppers. The tomato flavor blends particularly well with the peppers. Pour a can of tomatoes over a whole cooked cauliflower, sprinkle with grated cheese and crumbs, and bake, for an unusual way of serving. Add any left over canned tomatoes to the fried onions about 10 minutes before they are done. Baste the baked stuffed fish with canned tomatoes and thicken and serve for a sauce. Add some left over canned tomatoes to the baked beans V2 hour before they have finished baking. A few canned tomatoes lend flavor to the boiled cabbage. Use a can of tomatoes in the fish chowder, and thereby impart to it an un- usually good flavor. JELLIED TOMATO SALAD— Boil liquid from 1 can of DEL MONTE Canned Tomatoes
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