String Beans a la Maitre d' Hotel

Ingredients

• one can small French beans
• two and one-half tablespoons butter
• one teaspoon lemon juice
• one-fourth teaspoon salt
• one-eighth teaspoon paprika
• one teaspoon finely chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Drain and rinse beans, cut each into three pieces.

2. 2

   Heat in a hot blazer with enough water or stock to prevent burning.

3. 3

   Cream butter, add lemon juice, salt, and paprika.

4. 4

   Add prepared butter to beans and sprinkle with parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Chafing dish possibilities (1898) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

String Beans a la Maitre d" Hotel Drain and rinse one can small French beans, and cut each bean in three pieces. Put into a hot blazer and heat thoroughly, adding just enough water or stock to prevent beans from burning. Cream two and one-half tablespoons butter, add one teaspoon lemon juice, one-fourth teaspoon salt, and one-eighth teaspoon paprika. Add prepared butter to beans and sprinkle with one teaspoon finely chopped parsley

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