Beef Tea, No. 2

Ingredients

• 1 Ib. round steak
• 1 pt. cold water
• | ts. salt

Method

1. 1

   Remove all fat from the round steak.

2. 2

   Chop meat fine.

3. 3

   Add cold water and salt, and let stand in ice box from 1 to 3 hours.

4. 4

   Heat very gently, stirring all the time until it just changes color.

5. 5

   Pour into wire strainer and press the meat.

6. 6

   Season liquid with salt and reheat very carefully, not to coagulate the juices.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A textbook of domestic science for high schools (1913) by Matilda G. Campbell, page 81. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef Tea, No. 2 Remove all fat from 1 Ib. round steak. Chop meat fine. Add 1 pt. cold water and \ ts. salt, and let stand in ice box from 1 to 3 hours. Heat very gently, stirring all the time until it just changes color. Pour into wire strainer and press the meat. Season liquid with salt and reheat very carefully, not to coagulate the juices. Do not remove the brown flakes if they form. Mutton Broth 2 Ib. mutton or lamb cut 1 tb. boiled rice from forequarter or leg f ts. salt 2 pts. water Prepare meat as for broths. Cut in small pieces. Add water and salt. Cook slowly until meat is tender and bones clean. Strain, cool, remove every particle of fat. Reheat and add boiled rice. Gruels. — Gruels are a liquid preparation of some cereal and water or milk. They must be cooked thoroughly that the starch may be well hydrated, and then be strained to 188 DOMESTIC SCIENCE remove any cellulose. Milk should be added just before serving and the gruel then be reheated. Flour, barley, and cracker gruels act as astringents. Flour Gruel 2 c. milk 2 tb. flour 1 ts. salt Scald milk; thicken with flour wet in cold milk. Cook over hot water 30 minutes. Add salt. Serve. Oatmeal Gruel 1 c. oatmeal i ts. salt 3 c. boiling water Milk Add oatmeal to boiling water and salt. Cook in double boiler 2 hours. Strain. Add milk or cream and reheat. Cracker Gruel 2 butter crackers 1 c. milk | ts. salt

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.