Note.--Light dumplings and boiled cabbage should accompany this dish.
1 pint shelled peas. 1 lettuce. 1 gill of water. 1 onion sliced. A sprig of mint. ½ ounce of butter. Salt to taste.
Wash the lettuce and cut it up rather fine, place it with the other ingredients in a stewpan, and simmer without the lid about half an hour, or until the peas are quite tender.
1½ pints shelled peas. 2 cabbage lettuces sliced. 1 small onion sliced. 1 tablespoon water. 1 ounce butter. The yolks of 2 eggs. 1 tablespoon cream. ¼ teaspoon salt. ½ teaspoon white sugar.
Stew the peas, lettuces and onion very gently with the butter and water for half an hour (three-quarters of an hour if the peas are not very young). Add the sugar and salt, then stir in the yolks of eggs and cream; continue stirring for a minute until it all thickens (but on no account allow it to boil, or the eggs will curdle), and serve with sippets of toasted bread.
1 pint shelled green peas. 6 new potatoes. 2 onions. A sprig of mint. 1½ pints water. ½ teaspoon salt. ½ ounce butter rolled in flour.
Slice the potatoes and onions, and place them in a stewpan with the peas, mint and water. Simmer gently for one hour, remove the mint, add salt and butter, and stir for a few minutes over the fire.
1 pint soaked haricot beans. 4 potatoes. 2 large onions. ½ ounce butter 1 quart water. 1 teaspoon salt.
Prepare and slice the vegetables, place them with the butter, beans, and water, in a stewpan, and simmer gently for two hours and a half; add salt.
1 pint soaked haricot beans. 1 quart water. 1 teaspoon salt. ½ ounce butter. 1 good-sized onion. 1 tablespoon semolina. ½ pint stewed tomatoes.
Dissolve the butter in a stewpan, place in the beans, the onion cut up, and the water, and boil for two hours; add salt. Simmer for half an hour longer, then shake in the semolina, and continue stirring for about ten minutes. Cooked semolina will do equally well, and need only be added five minutes before serving (about a quarter of a pound will be required). Lastly, add tomatoes, which should have been previously stewed (see No. 155), and serve.
½ pint soaked haricot beans. 2 carrots. 2 turnips. 2 onions. ½ ounce butter. 1 pint water. ½ pint ½ teaspoon salt. 1 dozen peppercorns tied in muslin. 1 tablespoon soaked or crushed tapioca.