A Farmer's Dish
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 5
Do not let it boil hard.
Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 522. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
A FARMER'S DISH. Peel and slice thin potatoes and onions (five potatoes to one small onion) ; take half a pound of sweet salt pork (in thin slices) to a pound of beef, mutton or veal ; cut the meat in small pieces ; take some nice bread dough and shorten a little ; line the bottom of the stew-pan with slices of pork, then a layer of meat, potatoes and onions, dust over a little pepper and cover with a layer of crust ; repeat this until the stew- pot is full. The size of the pot will depend on the number in the fam- ily. Pour in sufficient water to cover
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