Beef and Potato Dinner

Name: Beef and Potato Dinner
Ingredients: 2 lbs. of potatoes; the remains of the stewed beef; a handful of either rice, barley, or oatmeal; the remains of any gravy

From Paper-bag cookery, 1911

Serve hot and stir before serving.

Presented as published in 1911. 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 Paper-bag cookery (1911) by Nicolas Soyer, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

the remains of the stewed beef into small square pieces. Dust these with fresh seasoned flour. Put 2 lbs. of potatoes, cut small and dusted with salt, into a greased bag as before. Sprinkle the meat with a little powdered sweet herbs put into the bag, and add to it a handful SOYER’S PAPER-BAG COOKERY 103 of either rice, barley, or oatmeal, which has been soaking all night in cold water. If the water has not been quite all absorbed, add this also. Now add the remains of any gravy

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