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How to Prepare Spinach for Boiling

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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How to Prepare Spinach for Boiling

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove the large stems from the spinach.

  2. Wash the leaves in plenty of cold water and drain in a colander.

  3. Place the spinach in a saucepan with lightly salted boiling water.

  4. Use a wooden spoon to keep the spinach submerged and boil until cooked.

  5. Immerse the cooked spinach in cold water, drain, and press out all excess water.

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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