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Example sentences for "lima beans"

  • At five you wash four large potatoes and put them into the oven; at a quarter past you can put the Lima beans into a saucepan of boiling water, with two tea-spoonfuls of salt and one of sugar; let them come quickly to the boil again.

  • Lima beans may be stewed in butter, as above: also, asparagus tops, cut off from the white stalk.

  • Instead of Lima beans, you may divide a cauliflower or two broccolis into sprigs, and boil them in the soup with the other vegetables.

  • With the exception of Lima beans, most of the varieties of fresh shell beans are placed on the market in the pods and must be shelled after they are purchased.

  • While the small varieties of dried beans are more commonly baked than the larger ones, Lima beans will be found especially delicious when prepared in a casserole.

  • Some persons prefer the small navy beans, which are mentioned in this recipe, whereas others like the larger marrowfat beans or Lima beans.

  • Make holes in the beef with the large larding needle or the steel, and press the macaroni into them.

  • Add lemon juice, butter and parsley, and simmer two minutes longer.

  • Stir for two or three minutes, season to taste with salt and pepper, and pour over the olives.

  • Put in a deep stew-pan two slices of ham and two of pork, and place the fillet on them; then put in two calf's feet, two stalks of celery and two quarts of clear stock.

  • Lima beans may be stewed in butter, as above; also, asparagus tops, cut off from the white stalk.

  • Lay them in a stew pan with plenty of green peas or lima beans, or else cauliflowers, or young summer cabbage, quartered, and the thick stalk omitted.

  • Accompany this fricassee with a dish of asparagus tops, green peas, or lima beans.

  • If green peas or Lima beans are in season, you may boil them and put them to the hashed mutton, leaving out the other vegetables, or serving them up separately.

  • Lima beans should be shelled from the pod and then blanched two to five minutes if young and tender.

  • Lima beans can be either blanched or steamed.

  • Lima beans, navy beans, peas, corn, pumpkin and sweet potatoes swell, so pack them within only one inch of the top of the jar.

  • Lima beans; 3 tablespoonfuls of butter; sweet herbs; pepper and salt; 6 quarts of water.

  • Lima beans; 1 tablespoonful of floured butter; pepper and salt; 1 cup of milk.

  • Cut the corn from six or seven cobs; mix with it one-third the quantity of Lima beans; just cover with water, and stew gently half an hour.

  • Add a few green peas, lima beans, two ears of corn cut from cob; pepper and salt to taste.


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