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Canned Beans

A method for preserving beans in sealed cans by cooking them, draining, and reheating before serving.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cook the beans in water until tender.

  2. Put the beans into cans and seal tightly.

  3. Drain off the water and cook the beans in fresh water when serving.

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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What each ingredient does

Beans
Provide the main body and starch that softens into a tender texture when cooked.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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