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Curry of Cold Roast Beef

From Luncheon, 1888

Vegetables can be added if meat is scarce.

Presented as published in 1888. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Luncheon (1888) by Thomas J. Murrey, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CURRY OF COLD ROAST BEEF. add a tablespoonful of minced onion. Fry quite brown, add a gill of hot water or broth, salt to taste, and a teaspoonful of curry powder. If the onions are objected to (but we don't see why they should be), strain the sauce, then add half a teaspoonful of wet flour to tone down the pungency of the curry. Now add fish enough to absorb the curry, and place the dish on back of range for fifteen minutes. Curry of Cold Roast Beef. — A most enjoyable dish is made of cold roast beef. Cut the beef into thin shces, then divide each slice into neat, even pieces. Brown a minced onion in the pan with a tea- spoonful of curry powder, add a saltspoonful of salt and half a pint of hot water ; thicken with a teaspoonful of wet flour free from lumps ; now add the meat, squeeze over it the juice of an orange
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