TO BOIL SPINACH (English Mode)

Ingredients

• 2 pailfuls of spinach
• 2 heaped tablespoonfuls of salt
• 1 oz butter
• pepper to taste
• SPINACH GARNISHED WITH CROÛTONS.]

Instructions

1. Pick the spinach carefully, and see that no stalks or weeds are left amongst it;
2. wash it in several waters, and, to prevent it being gritty, act in the following manner:--Have ready two large pans or tubs filled with water;
3. put the spinach into one of these, and thoroughly wash it;
4. then, _with the hands_, take out the spinach, and put it into the _other tub_ of water (by this means all the grit will be left at the bottom of the tub);
5. wash it again, and, should it not be perfectly free from dirt, repeat the process.
6. Put it into a very large saucepan, with about 1/2 pint of water, just sufficient to keep the spinach from burning, and the above proportion of salt.
7. Press it down frequently with a wooden spoon, that it may be done equally; and when it has boiled for rather more than 10 minutes, or until it is perfectly tender, drain it in a colander, squeeze it quite dry, and chop it finely.
8. Put the spinach into a clean stewpan, with the butter and a seasoning of pepper;
9. stir the whole over the fire until quite hot;
10. then put it on a hot dish, and garnish with sippets of toasted bread.