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AN OLD VIRGINIA RECEIPT
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AN OLD VIRGINIA RECEIPT

9 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

276
Calories
10g
Protein
12g
Fat
34g
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
Lima Bean 1/2 cup (85g) cooked 108
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Water not in our table 0
Pumpkin 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

  • a gallon of water at an early hour in the morning
  • a handful of lima beans
  • a spoonful of butter mixed
  • 2 double hands full of ochra
  • 2 onions chopped fine
  • 12 o'clock put in a handful of lima beans
  • 1 o'clock add 3 young squash
  • 3 young squash
  • 6 tomatoes

Directions

1

_Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa._

2

Get 2 double hands full of ochra, wash and slice it thin, add 2 onions chopped fine, put it into a gallon of water at an early hour in the morning. It must be kept steadily simmering, but not boiling; put in pepper and salt. At 12 o’clock put in a handful of lima beans; at half-past 1 o’clock add 3 young squash, cut in small pieces a chicken or knuckle of veal, a bit of bacon or pork that has been boiled, 6 tomatoes, peeled. When nearly done, thicken with a spoonful of butter mixed with one of veal. Have rice boiled separately to serve with it.

By Jacqueline Harrison Smith (ed.) · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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