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French Peas

From Soup to Nuts (1947).

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A historical recipe

Soup to Nuts, by Community Church of Vacaville (1947).

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 3 green onions

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 3 green onions cut fine 2 cups fresh peas 1 heart head lettuce cut in 1 tsp.
  2. sugar strips 1 tsp.
  3. salt 1 small sprig mint cut fine 2 tsp.
  4. cream 1 small sprig parsley cut fine Put peas in saucepan, add onion, lettuce, mint, parsley and sugar.
  5. Add just enough water to cook peas until tender.
  6. When tender add cream and salt and serve.
  7. —Catherine R.
  8. Kindig

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
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Credit

From Soup to Nuts (1947), character 92550 of the text, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/soup-to-nuts-your-favorite-recipes-community-church-of-vacaville

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.