THE GROWING OF VARIOUS VEGETABLES 



and vinegar; when cool, add olive oil or melted 

 butter. 



PORK AND BEANS 



Take two quarts of white beans, pick them over 

 the night before, and put them to soak in cold 

 water ; in the morning put them in fresh water and 

 let them scald, then turn off the water and put on 

 more, hot; put to cook with them a piece of fresh 

 salt pork, as large as desired (sufficient for serving 

 sliced when cold is desirable), or the pork may be 

 boiled separately and added to the beans when put 

 in the oven; this is less greasy and more appetis- 

 ing. Boil slowly till soft (not mashed), then add 

 a tablespoonful of molasses, half a teaspoonful of 

 soda, and a teaspoonful of made mustard; stir in 

 well and put in a deep pan to bake, first placing 

 in the centre of the bottom of the pan a medium- 

 sized raw onion and over this the square of pork, 

 pouring the beans around the pork, not over it. 

 Bake one hour and a half. 



CABBAGE 



At the North cabbages are usually started in cold- 

 frames or hotbeds early in March and planted out 

 as soon as danger of killing frosts is passed. They 



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