The Thorough Good Cook
by George Augustus Sala
recipes from 1896

A digital version of a rare antique cookbook originally published in 1896 for those who want to kick it Olde Skool !
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  35. White Haricot Beans, Brittany Fashion (a la Bretonne).
  Take one quart of fresh-shelled beans, have also two
quarts of boiling water, in which you have placed two ounces
of butter and a little salt ; put in your beans and boil
them about half an hour or till tender, drain quite dry upon
a sieve, then put them into another stew-pan with a quarter
of a pound of butter and a little pepper and salt, " toss " them.
a few minutes over the fire, and when very hot turn them
out upon your dish, and serve.
 
 

 
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