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Dried String Beans

Snip the ends and remove the strings from fresh-gathered string beans. With a sharp knife split the pods through the sides from which the strings were taken. Cut in halves crosswise if desired. Spread the prepared beans lightly over agate plates, set into a slack oven or on the shelf over the kitchen range, to become thoroughly heated through in fifteen or twenty minutes. Stir occasionally, but do not have a thick layer of beans on a dish. When hot throughout let dry slowly, either near the stove or in the sun. Quick heating at first is necessary in moist hot weather to avoid souring.

Kept near the kitchen range wax beans will be thoroughly dried in from twelve to twenty-four hours. At the last make very hot in the oven.

Store in a cloth sack or in tin pails. Before use, soak overnight in cold water. Cook as fresh beans.