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Bean Salad

4 servings

Ingredients

• cut or snap beans (as needed)
• salted water (as needed)
• vinegar (a little)
• oil (a little)
• salt (a little)
• pepper (a little)
• sugar (to taste)
• onions, finely chopped (a little)
• parsley, finely chopped (a little)

Instructions

1. Prepare cut or snap beans as you would for vegetables, wash them, boil until tender in salted water, and drain on a sieve.
2. While still warm, mix with vinegar, oil, salt, pepper, sugar (if desired), and finely chopped onions, and let it steep thoroughly.
3. Before serving, add finely chopped parsley and taste the salad again.
4. This salad can also be made from pickled salad beans: pour boiling water over the vinegar-pickled beans, let them sit for a while, drain the water, and mix the beans with oil, salt, pepper, and chopped parsley.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.