Ingredients:
- Four or five cucumbers, according to size,
- Three cupfuls of lettuce cut in shreds,
- Two sprigs of mint,
- A little parsley,
- Two or three small onions (all shredded),
- One pint of young peas,
- A quarter pound of butter,
- Salt,
- Cayenne pepper
- One pint of old peas
Directions:
- Pare and cut the cucumbers into small, square pieces.
- Add the lettuce, mint, parsley,onions, and young peas.
- Put all the herbs in a stewpan with the butter, salt, and cayenne pepper.
- Stew gently for an hour.
- Boil the old peas in a full quart of water.
- Run through a sieve, when quite soft, with a wooden spoon.
- Add the old peas and the water they were boiled in to the stewed herbs.
- Stew together for a full half hour.
- Serve immediately.
Published by Marlie Giardina
June 1, 2018