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BEANS—Old, to Cook Properly,
Baked or Boiled. —When beans are kept over a year or more they become rather difficult to cook tender. One way to accomplish it is to soak them over night in soft water, and in the morning put them to boil, putting 1/4 tea-spoonful of soda into the water (and especially must the soda be used too when you have any time strong water to boil with). The water must be turned off as soon as it boils, and changed two or three times. Have a tea-kettle of boiling water ready to cover them when the other is poured off, as cold water hardens them again. After they begin to crack open they should be put in the oven, with a piece of pork previously freshened, and water enough to keep them from burning, and bake about two hours.
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