String Beans with Gravy Recipe ingredients

To prepare this String Beans with Gravy Recipe, first dissolve four ounces of butter in a pan, and stir into it 3 ounces of flour till it becomes brown and quite smooth. Mix a little gravy and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Take any quantity of this; souse and simmer the beans, previously boiled, for twenty minutes. Allow 1 quart, for six or seven persons.

The method applied to string beans can also be applied to butter beans and lima beans.