Pot Roast, American Style

Ingredients

• 4 pounds beef
• ¼ cup hot water
• Salt
• pepper
• 2-inch cube fat salt pork
• Boiled, sliced carrots or cauliflower
• Boiled potatoes, cut in eighths

Method

1. 1

   Rub meat with salt and sprinkle with pepper.

2. 2

   Try out pork and brown meat in fat.

3. 3

   Place in casserole with water, cover, and cook for 4 hours in slow oven (250° F.), adding more water as needed and turning 3 times during the cooking.

4. 4

   Remove meat to hot serving dish, surround with vegetables.

5. 5

   Pour melted butter over vegetables and garnish with parsley.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 11 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 114. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POT ROAST, AMERICAN STYLE 4 pounds beef 14 cup hot water Salt, pepper, flour Boiled, sliced carrots or cauliflower 2-inch cube fat salt pork Boiled potatoes, cut in eighths

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