{"id":7070,"slug":"string-or-wax-beans-sweet-and-sour","title":"STRING OR WAX-BEANS, SWEET AND SOUR","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["String or wax beans","Boiling water","Sour apples, five for each quart of beans","Thin peel of one lemon","Juice of one and one-half lemons","A small teaspoon of salt","Two tablespoons of cider vinegar","A good quarter cup of granulated sugar"],"ingredients_norm":["string or wax bean","boiling water","sour apples for each quart of bean","thin peel of lemon","juice of and half lemon","salt","cider vinegar","granulated sugar"],"steps":["Put the beans into sufficient boiling water to just cover them; cook for one hour and a half to two hours, depending upon the tenderness of the beans.","Meanwhile, prepare for each quart of beans five sour apples; peel, core and cut in pieces.","When the beans are done, add the apples, the thin peel of one lemon, the juice of one and one-half lemons, a small teaspoon of salt, and two tablespoons of cider vinegar.","Let the apples cook on top of the beans until they are thoroughly done, then mix well with a good quarter cup of granulated sugar.","This dish will be better by being served the next day warmed up."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w36:13","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.9,"content_hash":"57d41d008f647074e0321f2893e669600afd4350544df4b5fb815076ae0a6053","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:57:06Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/string-or-wax-beans-sweet-and-sour"}