Creamed Dried Beef

Ingredients

• y§ pound chipped beef
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup water or milk

Method

1. 1

   Pull beef into small pieces, melt butter, add beef until edges curl.

2. 2

   Mix flour with remaining butter, add water or milk slowly, return to stove until thick.

3. 3

   Serve in a dish or on toast.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Efficiency in home-making and first-aid to good cooking (1915) by Robertson, Georgia, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CREAMED DRIED BEEF. Pull y§ pound chipped beef into small pieces; melt I tablespoon butter in frying pan; add beef, and stir until edges begin to curl. Remove the beef, then take pan from the stove and thoroughly mix 2 tablespoons flour with the butter remaining in the pan ; add very slowly I cup water or milk. Return to stove, stirring until it thickens, and serve in dish or on toast. CREAMED CODFISH. 54 pound nice codfish, or ij^ cups milk. 1 cup picked-up fish, washed 3 level tablespoons flour. in cold water. 2 eggs. 1 cup warm water. 1 tablespoon butter

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