String Beans Recipe

Remove all the strings from the beans. Lay several pods together on a meat board and cut all at once into Small pieces of equal length, cutting straight across or diagonally. Cook in salted boiling water until tender; drain, add salt, pepper and a generous piece of butter and toss together thoroughly while they are standing on the back of the range; cream, meat juice, chopped parsley, onion juice, lemon juice, bits of red or green pepper sautéd in butter, tomato, poulette or soubise sauce are all exceptionally good additions to a dish of cooked string beans. Or the liquid in which the beans are cooked may be thickened with a white roux; when the addition of a beaten yolk of an egg with a little cream gives a more substantial dish.

Stringed Beans With Bacon Recipe

Cut one or two slices of tender bacon into cubes and sauté to a delicate brown, then add the hot cooked beans with a few drops of onion juice; toss them about a moment or two, then serve.

Lima Beans Recipe

Cook in boiling salted water until tender, drain and season in any of the ways given for string beans.