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Vegetables (Have your vegetables fresh)

- Have your vegetables fresh as possible. Gather them early, as they are so much better with the dew on them. If in the habit of getting your vegetables from the market, do so as early as convenient in the morning, pick, wash, and put in cold water until ready for use. Fresh vegetables are more easily cooked than those that have been gathered for some time. Vegetables are much more easily cooked in soft water than in hard; they should always be put on in hot water, but not boiling. If put to cook in cold water their flavor will be lost, owing to the slow heating process which goes on; while on the other hand too rapid heating toughens the vegetables. Too much cooking will destroy vegetables; they should never be put on too early, but each in their time. When vegetables show that they have been nearly cooked tender, they should be seasoned with salt. Never let them stand after coming off the fire. Put them at once into a colander, well drained, over a pot of boiling water until needed. Then put on a hot dish and pour fresh butter over them.