Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Vegetable | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- half full of eso vegetables
- pepper
- salt
- parsley
Directions
Take the roots and leaves of the beets and wash them carefully, bat do not separate the roots from the leaves ; fill dinner pot half full of
eSO VEGETABLES.
salted boiling water, add beets and boil from half to three-quarters of an hour; take out and drain in colander, pressing down with a large spoon so as to get out all the water. Dish and slice across until fine, and dress with a little butter, pepper and salt. Serve hot with vinegar. Some like to eat only the beet-root, in which case a little melted butter, with a little mustard and vinegar added, must be thrown over the hot slices of the root.
Scrape and boil whole forty-five minutes. Drain and cut into round slices a quarter of an inch thick. Mash and season with butter, pepper and salt ; or slice and quickly brown in butter ; or toss for five minutes over the fire with chopped onion, parsley, butter, seasonings and suffi- cient gravy to moisten them ; or boil, quarter, heat with cream, season and, at the moment of serving, thicken with the yolk of eggs.
Scald five minutes in fast boiling water, chop coarse, sprinkle with flour, salt and pepper, and gently stew for five minutes with milk or cream enough to cover. Or take red cabbage, slice, throw for fifteen minutes into scalding salted water and vinegar, then drain and fry five minutes with butter, and serve with a little hot meat gravy. A link between cabbage and lettuce are Brussels sprouts, those tender, baby cabbages, which, stewed in cream, or quickly fried in butter, make an excellent dish.