lentils may have fallen into disuse, as an article of
diet amongst Protestants, for fear the use of them might be
considered a sign of popery.

HARICOTS BLANCS A LA MAITRE D'HOTEL.

1120. INGREDIENTS.--1 quart of white haricot beans, 1/4 lb. of fresh
butter, 1 tablespoonful of minced parsley, pepper and salt to taste, the
juice of 1/2 lemon.

[Illustration: HARICOT BEANS.]

_Mode_.--Should the beans be very dry, soak them for an hour or two in
cold water, and boil them until perfectly tender, as in the preceding
recipe. If the water should boil away, replenish it with a little more
cold, which makes the skin of the beans tender. Let them be very
thoroughly done; drain them well; then add to them the butter, minced
parsley, and a seasoning of pepper and salt. Keep moving the stewpan
over the fire without using a spoon, as this would break the beans; and,
when the various ingredients are well mixed with them, squeeze in the
lemon-juice, and serve very hot.

_Time_.--From 2 to 2-1/2 hours to boil the beans.

_Average cost_, 4d. per quart.

_Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons.

_Seasonable_ in winter.

HARICOT BEANS.--This is the _haricot blanc_ of the French, and
is a native of India. It ripens readily, in dry summers, in most
parts of Britain, but its culture has hitherto been confined to
gardens in England; but in Germany and Switzerland it is grown
in fields. It is usually harvested by pulling up the plants,
which, being dried, are stacked and thrashed. The haulm is both
of little bulk and little use, but the seed is used in making
the esteemed French dish called haricot, with which it were well
if the working classes of this country were acquainted. There
is, perhaps, no other vegetable dish so cheap and easily cooked,
and, at the same time, so agreeable and nourishing. The beans
are boiled, and then mixed with a little fat or salt butter, and
a little milk or water and flour. From 3,840 parts of
kidney-bean Einholff obtained 1,805 parts of matter analogous to
starch, 351 of vegeto-animal matter, and 799 parts of mucilage.

HARICOT BEANS AND MINCED ONIONS.

1121. INGREDIENTS.--1 quart of white haricot beans, 4 middling-sized
onions, 1/4 pint of good brown gravy, pepper and salt to taste, a little
flour.

_Mode_.--Peel and mince the onions not too finely, and fry them in
butter of a light brown colour; dredge over them a little flour, and a