Haricot (Lima) Beans (a la Maitre d'Hotel) Recipe ingredients

To prepare this Haricot (Lima) Beans (a la Maitre d'Hotel) Recipe, first for the sake of variety haricot beans may, if liked, be cooked as follows: Put 2 quarts of water into a stewpan, with half a teaspoonful of salt. When boiling, throw into it 1 pint of freshly shelled beans, and let them simmer gently until soft. Drain them, and put them into a saucepan with an ounce of fresh butter, a little pepper and salt, a dessertspoonful of scalded and chopped parsley, and a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Shake the saucepan over the fire till they are well mixed, and serve as hot as possible. Time, two hours or more.