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To Preserve French Beans, or Scarlet Beans

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Preserve French Beans, or Scarlet Beans

Oven, in the book's wordsA slow oven

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Make a strong brine that can float an egg.

  2. Let the brine cool, then add whole, sound beans, ensuring they are fully submerged.

  3. Store the beans in the brine for up to 12 months.

  4. When ready to use, remove the desired amount of beans and soak them in cold water, changing the water frequently for 10 to 14 hours.

  5. Cook the soaked beans as you normally would; they will taste fresh.

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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