Title: String Beans & Bacon in White Sauce
Categories: Entree Side Soup
Yield: 4 Servings

1	c	String beans
		*plus:
		Liquid
2	md	Potato, diced
1/2	lb	Bacon, diced
1/4	ts	Salt
1	sm	Onion
1	c	Water
FOR THE WHITE SAUCE
1	tb	Butter
1	tb	Flour
1	c	Milk
1/4	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Pepper

Can use fresh string beans, substituting equivalent amount for the canned. Cut potatoes into 1/2 inch dice. Brown the bacon and combine with the other ingredients and cook about 30 minutes until potatoes are soft.

To make the sauce... Melt butter and add the flour and stir until blended. Slowly add the milk and cook until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Add seasonings and cook 2 minutes longer... Then add this to the beans, bacon, and potato mixture.

Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, and reproduced for you by Fred Goslin in Watertown NY By Griff[SMTP:wgriffin@ix.netcom.com] on Aug 10, 1997

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