Vegetables, to Boil Green. No. 1
Ingredients
Directions
Clean vegetables thoroughly to remove insects.
Boil plenty of water in a pot.
Add vegetables to boiling water and boil rapidly without covering.
Watch for vegetables to begin sinking; they are done when this occurs.
Remove vegetables immediately to preserve color.
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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