Naked Children In The Grass
Ingredients
1 pound Baby Lima Beans
1 tablespoon Salt
1 pound x to 1 ½ French cut green beans
1/4 cup butter
3 teaspoons sugar
salt to taste
Preparation
1
Pick over lima beans removing broken or damaged beans.
2
Rinse with cool water. Cover with 2 inches or more water and soak for 48 hours, changing the water at least twice a day and rinsing the beans thoroughly. The last soaking water should have 1 Tablespoon of salt added to the water.
3
Drain and rinse beans and put in large covered pot. Cook over high heat for 15 minutes.
4
Skim and lower heat. Cook over low heat, checking tenderness of beans after 20 minutes, stirring beans well, then each 10 minutes and stirring beans well.
5
When beans are tender but still hold their shape, add fresh or frozen green beans and cook just until green beans are hot.
6
Stir in butter and add desired amount of sugar. Beans should not taste sweet like baked beans.
7
Add salt to taste. I rarely add the butter and never add the sugar and this still tastes wonderful.
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About
Dutch Dish from Mary de Jong
Yield:
4.0 to 6 servings
Added:
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am
