Brussels Sprouts

• A Quart of Brussels Sprouts
• ½ Gallon of Water
• A Tablespoon

Pick the sprouts carefully, rejecting all loose, dead leaves, and then throw the Sprouts into cold fresh water, so that any lurking insects may be drawn out. Wash and pick carefully after the Sprouts have remained about twenty minutes in the water. Then put them into half a gallon of boiling water, and add immediately a