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French Beans

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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French Beans

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Trim the stalk end of the beans and remove the strings.

  2. Soak the beans in a bowl of spring water with a little salt if they are not fresh.

  3. Boil water in a pot and add some salt.

  4. Add the beans to the boiling water and cook for 15 to 20 minutes.

  5. Taste a bean to check for tenderness.

  6. Once tender, drain the beans in a colander.

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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