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Beef Essence

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 1

This is given in extreme weakness, feeding a teaspoonful or more at a time, as ordered.

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • a pound of perfectly lean beef
  • a saltspoonful of salt

Method

  1. Cut the beef into small bits, ensuring no fat remains.

  2. Place in a wide-mouthed bottle, cover tightly, and set in a kettle of cold water.

  3. Boil for three hours and pour off the juice extracted from the meat.

Nutrition per serving

685Calories
98 gProtein
0 gCarbs
33 gFat

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 106. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef Essence. — Cut a pound of perfectly lean beef into small bits. Do not allow any particle of fat to remain. Put in a wide-mouthed bottle, or a glass can, cork or cover tightly, and set in a kettle of cold water. Boil for three hours, and pour ofl"the juice which is now completely extracted from the meat. There will be about a small cupful. Season with a saltspoonful of salt

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