PEAS, GREEN, BOILED
INGREDIENTS. - 2 pints of green peas
mint
butter
salt and pepper
METHOD. - Shell the peas, put them into boiling water, add a little salt and a sprig of mint, and boil, with the saucepan uncovered, from 10 to 25 minutes, according to age and variety.
Drain well, put them into a hot vegetable dish, season with pepper, add a small piece of butter, and serve.
TIME. - From 10 to 25 minutes. SUFFICIENT for 6 or 7 persons
2 comments:
An Ode to Peas...
"I eat peas with honey, I've done it all my life. They do taste rather funny, but it keeps them on the knife."
Recited from memory, taken from a 1970's book of children's poems gifted by my Great Aunt Loretta.
fresh peas and new potatoes - yum!
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