{"id":5498,"slug":"sweet-and-sour-string-beans","title":"Sweet and sour string beans","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["2 pounds string beans","salt","1 cupful white wine vinegar","1 cupful brown sugar","1 spoonful meat extract","1 cupful chicken broth, or any kind of good bouillon"],"ingredients_norm":["string bean","salt","cupful white wine vinegar","cupful brown sugar","meat extract","cupful chicken broth or any kind of good bouillon"],"steps":["Boil two pounds of string beans in salted water.","When cooked place in a casserole.","Add a cupful of white wine vinegar, one cupful of brown sugar, one spoonful of meat extract, and a cupful of chicken broth, or any kind of good bouillon.","Season with salt.","Boil for fifteen minutes with the pot uncovered."],"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/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w80:13","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"e4c9d1379f9947905a9c7a66e0b4cc63b10de7f6ed197777e1c38eab4db8bcd0","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:45:30Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), 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/sweet-and-sour-string-beans"}