Creamed Dried Beef

Ingredients

• 1 box of shaved dried beef (or ½ of a pound if you buy it at the butcher's)
• 1 tablespoonful butter
• 1 tablespoonful flour
• 1 cup of hot milk
• 2 shakes of pepper

Method

1. 1

   Cut the beef into tiny bits; pour boiling water over it and let it stand for one minute; pour it off and squeeze the meat dry.

2. 2

   Melt the butter in a frying-pan; when it bubbles, add the flour and stir till smooth.

3. 3

   Add the hot milk and pepper, then the meat; stir until it thickens like cream.

4. 4

   Serve on squares of hot buttered toast.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The fun of cooking (1915) by Caroline French Benton, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CREAMED DRIED BEEP 1 box of shaved dried beef (or ^ of a pound if you buy it at the butcher's). 1 tablespoonf ul butter. 1 tablespoonful flour. 1 cup of hot milk. 2 shakes of pepper

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