Creamed Dried Beef

Ingredients

• One-half pound of beef
• Two table-spoonfuls of butter
• One cupful of milk
• One tea-spoonful of flour
• One-eighth tea-spoonful of pepper

Method

1. 1

   Place the butter in a stew-pan, and when melted add the beef.

2. 2

   Stir until the slices begin to curl; then add the milk.

3. 3

   When this boils up, stir in the flour wet with two table-spoonfuls of milk.

4. 4

   Season with the pepper, and serve on toast or plainly, as preferred.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CREAMED DRIED BEEF. This makes a very satisfactory breakfast dish. The beef should be shaved thin by the butcher. One-half pound of beef. Two table-spoonfuls of butter. One cupful of milk. One tea-spoonful of flour. One-eighth tea-spoonful of pepper

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