New England Boiled Dinner

Ingredients

• eight pounds of corned beef
• one teaspoonful salt
• one-half salt spoonful pepper
• 2 carrots
• 4 beets
• 1 yellow turnip
• 4 white turnips
• 1 large head celery
• 6 small onions

Method

1. 1

   Remove bone from corned beef, tie meat closely, put in deep pot, cover with water, add salt and pepper, and boil quickly, removing all scum.

2. 2

   When no more scum rises, put in the vegetables, peeled and cut in slices two inches thick.

3. 3

   Simmer slowly for two hours.

4. 4

   Place meat, when done, in center of platter, arrange vegetables around, and pour a little of the gravy over all.

5. 5

   More gravy may be served in a boat, with a dish of boiled potatoes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NEW ENGLAND BOILED DINNER. Remove bone from eight pounds of corned beef (cut from round), tie meat closely, j)ut in deep pot, cover with water, add one teaspoonful salt, one-half salt spoonful pepper, and boil quickly, removing all scum. When no more scum rises, put in following vegetables, peeled and cut in slices two inches thick : 2 carrots, 4 beets. 1 yellow turnip. 4 white turnips. 1 large head celery, cut 6 small onions

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.