Beef Stew

Ingredients

• about 7 or 8 lbs of beef
• 8 potatoes
• 1 small turnip
• 4 onions

Method

1. 1

   Take about 7 or 8 lbs of beef from a low-priced cut — the lower part of the leg — and boil in enough water to cover, until the meat parts from the bone.

2. 2

   Remove the bone, skim off the fat, and then add 8 potatoes, 1 small turnip and 4 onions, cut fine.

3. 3

   When nearly done, add dumplings made from 1 pt flour, a little salt, 1/2 teasp soda, and sour milk enough to make a stiff batter that will drop from the spoon.

4. 4

   Cook about 12 or 15 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 11 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef Stew Take about 7 or 8 lbs of beef from a low-priced cut — the lower part of the leg — and boil in enough water to cover, until the meat parts from the bone. Remove the bone, skim off the fat, and then add 8 potatoes, 1 small turnip and 4 onions

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