Irish Stew

Ingredients

• 3 pounds of lean mutton
• a dozen potatoes
• cold water
• a little chopped onion

Method

1. 1

   Stew the meat gently in enough cold water to cover it until it is tender.

2. 2

   Remove from the fire, strain off the gravy and set in a cool place to allow the fat to rise to the top.

3. 3

   Skim off every particle of this and return the gravy to the stove, season to taste with chopped onion and put the meat into it with parboiled and sliced potatoes.

4. 4

   Cook 15 minutes and serve very hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A bill of fare for every day in the year ... (1892) by Beatrice Wilde Bryant, page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Irish Stew. Stewed Tomatoes. Lettuce. Bread and jiultcr. Water-melon. Supper —Fried Egg-plant. Bread and Butter. Baked Pears. Cake. Raspberry Shrub. Irish Stew. — 3 pounds of lean mutton cut into pieces not more than 2 inches square. Stew the meat gently in enough cold water to cover it. until it is tender, remove from the fire, strain off the gravy and set in a cool place to allow the fat to rise to the top. Skim oft every particle of this and return the gravy to the stove, season to taste with a little chopped onion and put the meat into it with a dozen potatoes

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