Meat Shortcake

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups chopped, cooked meat
• 4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon onion juice
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk and water
• 1 tablespoon of flour
• 1 tablespoon of butter or butter substitute

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, salt, and baking powder.

2. 2

   Rub in shortening, and mix to dough with milk and water.

3. 3

   Roll out to a quarter of an inch thickness, bake in layer cake tins.

4. 4

   Put together with the chopped meat mixed with onion and seasoning, heated with gravy or stock.

5. 5

   If stock is used, thicken with a tablespoon of flour mixed with one of butter.

6. 6

   Serve as soon as put together.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Foods that will win the war (1918) by Charles Houston Goudiss, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

tablespoon of flour and turn into a pudding dish. Make a batter by sifting together flour, baking-powder and salt; stir in the egg and milk, mixed with the water. Beat hard until free from lumps, then pour over meat and vegetables in the pudding and bake until brown. CHINESE MUTTON 1 pint chopped cooked mutton 4 teaspoon pepper 1 head shredded lettuce 1 tablespoon fat 1 can cooked peas 4 cups broth 1 teaspoon of salt Cook 15 minutes. Serve as a border around rice. AND HOW TO COOK THEM 43 SHEPHERD’S PIE 2 cups chopped cooked mutton 2 cups hominy 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup peas or carrots 3 teaspoon pepper 4 pint of brown sauce or water me 4 teaspoon curry powder Put meat and vegetables in baking dish. Cover with rice, hominy, or samp, which has been cooked. Bake until brown. SCALLOPED HAM AND HOMINY 2 cups hominy (cooked) 1 cup chopped cooked ham teaspoon mustard teaspoon cayenne bt fat of Co} 4 cup fat egg 4 cup flour cup milk 1 teaspoon of salt 4 cup water Melt the fat. Add the dry ingredients and the liquid slowly. When at boiling point, add hominy and ham. Stir in the egg. Place in a baking-dish. Cover with buttered crumbs. Bake until brown. BEEF LOAF 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon sour pickle % teaspoon cayenne 1 teaspoon celery salt To 1 tablespoon of gelatine, softened in 4 cup of cold water add 1 cup of hot tomato juice and pulp. . Add seasoned meat. Chill and slice. May be served with salad dressing. BAKED HASH 1 cup chopped cooked meat 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 2 cups raw potato, cut fine # teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon onion juice 4+ cup drippings 4 cup gravy or water Melt fat in frying pan. Put in all the other ingredients. Cook over a slow fire for 4 hour. Fold and serve as omelet. MEAT SHORTCAKE 14 cups flour 2 cups chopped, cooked meat 4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon onion juice 3 tablespoons shortening 4 cup gravy or soup stock 2 teaspoons baking powder Salt and pepper # cup milk and water 4

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