String Beans

Remove the strings. Lay a number of the beans together, with a sharp knife cut them in quarter-inch pieces, or cut them lengthwise in thin strips. Cook in boiling salted water for one hour or longer. When tender season with salt, pepper, butter, cream or a cream sauce.

Shelled Beans

Wash and cook in boiling salted water for half an hour to an hour. Season the same as string beans.

Dried Lima Beans

Are cooked the same as shelled beans, first soaking them over night. Beans, like peas, contain a great deal of nutrition.

Mexican Beans

Wash well. Soak over night in plenty of cold water. In the morning turn off the water. Add fresh cold and put on the stove to cook six or eight hours. Adding to them one whole onion, a slice of salt pork or bacon, one green or red pepper. Add salt before serving as desired.