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A Plain Stew
From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883
Serves 4
Do not stir to keep potatoes whole.
Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
Nutrition per serving
520Calories
1 gProtein
4 gCarbs
56 gFat
Full nutrition (33 nutrients)
Calories520 kcal
Protein1.3 g
Carbohydrates3.5 g
Fiber0.6 g
Sugars1.6 g
Total Fat56 g
Saturated Fat31 g
Monounsaturated Fat19 g
Polyunsaturated Fat1.9 g
Cholesterol40 mg
Sodium5.6 mg
Potassium64 mg
Calcium9.8 mg
Iron0.2 mg
Magnesium4.3 mg
Phosphorus20 mg
Zinc0.2 mg
Copper0 mg
Manganese0 mg
Vitamin D0 mcg
Vitamin C2.8 mg
Vitamin A0 mcg
Vitamin E0.9 mg
Vitamin K2.3 mcg
Vitamin B60.1 mg
Vitamin B120.2 mcg
Thiamin (B1)0 mg
Riboflavin (B2)0 mg
Niacin (B3)0.2 mg
Folate7.7 mcg
Choline5.6 mg
Caffeine0 mg
Water36 g
Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.
As published
This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 279. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
A Plain Stew, — Take finely-chopped beef suet or other fat, and 438 THE hearthstone; or, life at home. warm through, slice in a good many onions right across in rings, let them just change color in the fat; sprinkle over some flour, and add warm water. Place into this gravy small pieces of steak, cut thick ; add pepper and salt, and cover up close, to stew for twenty minutes. Place then over the stew as many potatoes as will be required for dinner, pretty well of one size, and close up again, allowing the whole to simmer gently till done. Do not stir at all, so that the potatoes remain whole. Add, the last ten minutes, two spoonfuls of sauce or mushroom catsup
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