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To Preserve Green Peas for Winter Use

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Preserve Green Peas for Winter Use

Oven, in the book's wordsA warm oven

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Shell the peas and place them in a kettle of water to boil.

  2. Once they have just boiled, pour them into a colander to drain.

  3. Spread the peas on a cloth and cover with another cloth to dry.

  4. Optionally, place them in a warm oven to finish drying.

  5. Store the dried peas in bags or bottles.

  6. When ready to use, soak the peas in water for an hour.

  7. Boil the soaked peas in cold water with a little salt until tender.

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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