“9. Beans. Take ſuch as are freſh, young, and approaching their full Growth. Put them into a ſtrong Brine of White-Wine Vinegar and Salt able to bear an Egg. Cover them very cloſe, and ſo will they be preſerved twelve Months: But a Month before you uſe them, take out what Quantity you think ſufficient for your ſpending a quarter of a Year (for ſo long the ſecond Pickle will keep them ſound) and boil them in a Skillet of freſh Water, till they begin to look green, as they ſoon will do. Then placing them one by one, (to drain upon a clean courſe Napkin) range them Row by Row in a Jarr, and cover them with Vinegar, and what Spice you pleaſe; ſome Weight being laid upon [132] them to keep them under the Pickle. Thus you may preſerve French-Beans, Harico’s, &c. the whole Year about.”
—Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets
April 2009
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