147. _To Pickle Kidneybeans._

Take 2 parts vinegar and one water and put salt enough to make it bear

an egg then boyle it, and when cold put in your beans, being first

strung they will keep best in glass being close cover’d for use take as

many to spend in 2 or 3 weeks & put them in a pipkin with half water

and half vinegar and a little salt Stop them close and set them over

a gentle fire till they be green and tender so keep them in that till

used.

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