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Aftermath or Blind Hen

4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.5 kg ham or bacon
• 1 soup plate snap beans
• 0.5 soup plate carrots
• 1 soup plate potatoes
• 0.5 soup plate apples
• pepper (a little)
• salt (a little)
• flour (a little)

Instructions

1. Cook ½ kg smoked ham or an equal amount of lean bacon and set aside.
2. Prepare 1 soup plate full of green snap beans; after rinsing, add ½ soup plate of cooked carrots, cut into small cubes, to the ham broth.
3. Later, add 1 soup plate of sliced potatoes and half as many sliced apples, and cook everything until tender.
4. Season the vegetables with a little pepper and salt and toss with flour mixed with a little water.
5. The dish should be quite creamy but juicy, and have only a slightly sour taste from the apples.
6. Serve with the diced ham or bacon.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.