Practical vegetarian cookery

by Unknown

TO BOIL PEAS.

Put them into a covered saucepan, with cold water enough to float them; boil them until the peas are tender; then uncover them for the water to boil away; set them at the back of range to dry; serve them in a hot, covered, vegetable dish, with a tablespoonful of butter laid on them; or, if liked, one cupful of cream may be added just before removing from saucepan.