Drain off the liquor, add a saltspoonful of sugar, half a one of salt, and a lump of butter.

Instead of butter, you can add to each pint two tablespoonfuls of pure olive oil.

Many persons consider it a great improvement to rub the vegetable-dish with a bead of garlic.

In this case the beans should be tossed about in the dish for a minute or two.
BRUSSELS SPROUTS, TINNED .-- The tin should be made hot before it is opened, the liquor drained off, and the sprouts placed in a dish, with a little butter or oil, powdered sugar, salt, pepper, and a slight flavouring of nutmeg.

In France, in some parts, a little cream is poured over them.
SPINACH, TINNED .-- Spinach is sold in tins fairly cheap, and, quoting from the list of a large retail establishment where prices correspond with those of the Civil Service Stores, a tin of spinach can be obtained for fivepence-halfpenny.