Boiled Beans (String) - American Recipe

Boiled Beans (String)

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Simple boiled beans (string) as prepared in the American home kitchen of the 1920s.

Ingredients

Method

1. Break — off the tips of the beans, pulling the strings off with them.
2. Cut — or break the beans into pieces about an inch long, wash, and let stand an hour in cold water.
3. Put — the beans into a saucepan, and cover them with boiling water. Cover the saucepan, and boil slowly from one to three hours.
4. Drain, and season with butter, salt, and pepper.

Tags: bean · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)