To Boil French Beans and Scarlet Runners

Ingredients

• 2 lb. beans
• 2 oz. butter
• I Salt.
• I Boiling water.

Method

1. 1

   Cut off the tops and tails, and strip the strings from either side of the pods.

2. 2

   Cut the pods in thin pieces slantingly across, let them lie in cold water for a few minutes, strain, and put them into boiling water with salt.

3. 3

   Boil rapidly without a lid for about half an hour, or until soft; strain through a colander, and serve in a hot vegetable dish with butter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Chambers's cookery for young housewives (1894) by Annie M. Griggs, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO BOIL FRENCH BEANS AND SCARLET RUNNERS. 2 lb. beans. I Salt. 2 oz. butter. I Boiling water.

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