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To Cook Asparagus

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Cook Asparagus

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scrape the outer skin off the asparagus and tie it in bunches.

  2. Soak the asparagus in salt water.

  3. Boil the asparagus in water for 30 minutes.

  4. Drain the asparagus and cut it into half-inch pieces.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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