No. 7 French Bean Soup
3 pints water.
1 pint soaked haricot beans.
2 potatoes.
1 ounce butter.
1 onion.
1 pound French beans.
1 teaspoon salt.
1 dozen peppercorns.
Dissolve the butter in a saucepan and fry in it the potatoes and onion sliced for five minutes, then add the haricot beans and water and boil for two hours. Add the salt, rub through a wire sieve, replace in the pan, add the French beans cut fine, and simmer until tender. Tinned beans do equally well, and only require to be made thoroughly hot.