A Swiss Dinner

Ingredients

• 3 Pounds Shin'of Beef
• 3 Quarts Water
• 1 Soup Bunch
• 1 Turnip
• 1 Onion
• 12 Whole Cloves
• 2 Carrots
• Y<L Pint Peas
• 4 Tablespoonf uls Snowdrift
• 2 Tablespoonf uls Flour
• 1 Tablespoonf ul Sugar
• 1 Tablespoonf ul Salt
• 1 Saltspoonful Black Pepper
• Dash Cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Cut the meat from the bone.

2. 2

   Put the sugar in the bottom of the soup kettle, shake over the fire until it is thoroughly browned, then add the water and beef, putting the bones in the bottom of the kettle and the meat over the top.

3. 3

   Cover the kettle and simmer gently for two hours; then add all the seasonings and the vegetables cut into dice.

4. 4

   Boil the peas separately.

5. 5

   At serving time, remove the meat, cut it into meat slices and arrange it over a meat platter.

6. 6

   Rub the flour and Snowdrift together over the fire; add one pint of the soup liquor and stir until boiling; add the peas.

7. 7

   Strain the soup and add the vegetables to the sauce.

8. 8

   Heap this into the center of the meat dish, basting the meat with the sauce, and stand it aside to keep hot.

9. 9

   Reheat the soup and serve with croutons.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Snowdrift secrets (1913) by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A SWISS DINNER 3 Pounds Shin'of Beef 3 Quarts Water 1 Soup Bunch 1 Turnip 1 Onion 12 Whole Cloves 2 Carrots Y<L Pint Peas 4 Tablespoonf uls Snowdrift 2 Tablespoonf uls Flour 1 Tablespoonf ul Sugar 1 Tablespoonf ul Salt 1 Saltspoonful Black Pepper Dash Cayenne

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