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Cream of String Beans

Thoroughly wash and drain a quart fresh string beans, plunge them in boiling water for ten minutes, drain, place in a saucepan with two ounces butter, set on the fire and cook for ten minutes, occasionally stirring meanwhile. Moisten with two quarts broth add a white onion with two cloves stuck in. Tie in a bunch two branches parsley, one branch chervil, a sprig thyme, one bay leaf, and add to the soup. Season with a teaspoon salt, half teaspoon sugar and two saltspoons cayenne pepper, lightly mix, then let gently boil for one hour. Dilute three ounces rice flour with a pint milk and add to the soup, constantly stirring while boiling for five minutes; add half ounce good butter, mix till well melted, strain through sieve into a basin, then through cheesecloth into a soup tureen and serve.