1 cup dried lima beans
3 pts. water
2 slices onion
2 slices turnip
1 cup cream or milk
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper
Wash the beans and soak them over night. Drain them, and, when boiling,
cook them with the prepared onion and turnip and the water in a cooker
for four hours or more. Rub this through a strainer, add the seasoning
and cream or milk, and bind it.
Serves seven or nine persons.