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boiling, cooking tips a shorter time than stalks.

Asparagus on Toast

Serve Boiled Asparagus on Buttered or Milk Toast.

Asparagus in White Sauce

Boil asparagus cut in one−inch pieces, drain, and add to White Sauce I, allowing one cup

sauce

to each bunch asparagus. Serve in Croustades of Bread for a vegetable course.

Asparagus à la Hollandaise

Pour Hollandaise Sauce I over Boiled Asparagus.

Asparagus in Crusts

Remove centres from small rolls, fry shells in deep fat, drain, and fill with Asparagus in

White

Sauce.

Beans

String Beans that are obtainable in winter come from California; natives appear in market the

last of June and continue until the last of September. There are two varieties, green (pole

cranberry being best flavored) and yellow (butter bean).

Shell Beans, including horticultural and sieva, are sold in the pod or shelled, five quarts in

making one quart shelled. They are found in market during July and August. Common lima

pod

and

improved lima shell beans are in season in August and September. Dried lima beans are

procurable throughout the year.

String Beans

Remove strings, and snap or cut in one−inch pieces; wash, and cook in boiling water from

one

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