Lima or Sugar Beans

Ingredients

• Lima or sugar beans
• butter

Instructions

1. To serve fresh beans: Boil young, freshly gathered beans until tender. Drain them, add a little butter, and serve.
2. To preserve for winter use: Gather beans on a dry day when full grown but quite young. Have a clean, dry keg ready. Sprinkle salt in the bottom, then layer in the bean pods, add a little salt, and repeat until the keg is full. Lay a board on top with a weight to press them down. Cover the keg very close and keep it in a dry, cool place. Preserve them as late in the season as is convenient.
3. When ready to use: Wash the pods and lay them in fresh water overnight. Shell them the next day and keep in water until you are ready to cook. Boil until tender, then serve with melted butter in a boat. French beans (snaps) may be preserved in the same manner.