This section is from the book "The People's Cook Book", by Jennie Taylor. See also: Larousse Gastronomique.
Trim off all the outside leaves, and put into boiling water well salted; boil until tender, and then serve with a white sauce or with cream.
Boil in salted water until tender; put them into a baking-dish and pour over them a drawn-butter sauce in which has been mixed a little grated cheese; sprinkle with bread-crumbs, and place in a quick oven for ten minutes.
 
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