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GREEN STRING BEANS
Photo: Sam Loyd

GREEN STRING BEANS

6 ingredients 2 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

255
Calories
28g
Protein
14g
Fat
3g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Bean not in our table 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

  • one half pound fat pork into a pint of cold water
  • three pints of beans
  • a pint of cold water
  • 86 spinach
  • salt
  • pepper

Directions

1

Old-fashion way to cook string beans, break into pieces. Let stand in cold water for a while. Put one half pound fat pork into a pint of cold water and cook for half an hour. Then add three pints of beans. Cook for one and half hours. If water should boil out add a little more warm water. Sea- son and serve on platter with pork sliced.

2

Pick, wash spinach, put in boiling water and cook until tender. Drain, season with salt, butter and pepper. Put in warm platter. Serve with hard boiled eggs cut in rounds and laid around spinach. Poached eggs are also nice with this vegetable.

By Wilson, Mary Elizabeth Lyles, 1860-1924 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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