Boiled Haricot (Small Dried Lima) Beans Recipe ingredients

To prepare this Boiled Haricot (Small Dried Lima) Beans Recipe, first wash and pick the beans, and soak them in cold water overnight. Drain them, and put them into a saucepan with plenty of cold water; add a pinch of salt, and let them simmer gently until tender. Pour the water from them, let them stand by the fire, shaking them once or twice to assist their drying, then add a small piece of butter, and a little pepper and salt, and serve as hot as possible. Time, two hours to boil. Sufficient, one pint for three or four persons.