Ingredients
- pepper
Directions
Cook very much as you do green peas. Cat the asparagus into small pieces, and put into boiling water, with a little salt. Boil about three-quarters of an hour, then add butter and pepper and thicken a little with flour stirred in milk.
BEETS. Beets must not be cut before boiling, as this causes them to lose their sweetness. Salt the water and, when done, take them out into a pan of cold water, and rub the skins off quickly; slice them, and dress with butter, pepper and salt, or vinegar if desired. Old beets lose their sweetness, and are best, served with hot spiced vinegar, into which has been stirred a little sugar.
BEET GREENS. Take young beets, boil tops and bottoms in salt water, drain well in a colander, butter and eat with vinegar; an excellent dish in summer.