Lima or Sugar Beans

Ingredients

• Lima or sugar beans
• butter

Instructions

1. Like all other spring and summer vegetables, they must be young and freshly gathered.
2. Boil them till tender, drain them, add a little butter, and serve them up.
3. These beans are easily preserved for winter use, and will be nearly as good as fresh ones.
4. Gather them on a dry day, when full grown but quite young.
5. Have a clean and dry keg;
6. sprinkle some salt in the bottom, put in a layer of pods containing the beans, then a little salt; do this till the keg is full.
7. Lay a board on with a weight, to press them down.
8. Cover the keg very close, and keep it in a dry, cool place; they should be put up as late in the season as they can be with convenience.
9. When used, the pods must be washed and laid in fresh water all night; shell them next day, and keep them in water till you are going to boil them.
10. When tender, serve them up with melted butter in a boat.
11. French beans (snaps) may be preserved in the same manner.