Recipe - String Beans And Bacon In White Sauce

1 cup String beans
*plus:
Liquid
2 md Potato, minced
One half pound Bacon, minced
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 small Onion
1 cup Water

FOR THE WHITE SAUCE
1 tablespoon Butter
1 tablespoon Flour
1 cup Milk
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1/8 teaspoon Pepper

Can use fresh string beans, substituting equivalent amount for the canned.
Cut potatoes into One half 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
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #257 by "Fred Goslin"
fjgoslin@northnet.org on Sep 27, 1997