Hot Weather Dishes

Philadelphia, 1888: what to eat when it is too hot to cook, from the cooking-school teacher who taught the city.

HomeVegetables › Lima Beans

Lima Beans

Cover the beans with freshly boiled soft water, and boil thirty minutes, drain, add salt, pepper and butter, or to every pint of beans a quarter cup of boiling cream. .

A sprig of mint may be boiled with the beans and removed before serving.

← Scalloped AsparagusString or Butter Beans →