Potted Meat

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked minced meat
• 0.5 tsp. pepper
• 0.75 cup good gravy or stock
• 0.25 tsp. mace or nutmeg
• 3 tbsp. butter
• melted butter to cover
• 1.5 tsp. salt

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the meat and cut into pieces, put it into a covered crock with enough water to keep it from burning.

2. 2

   Cook in a moderate oven for 2 or 3 hours.

3. 3

   Put the cooked meat twice through a meat mincer, add the salt and pepper, and if liked a very little powdered mace or nutmeg.

4. 4

   Moisten with good gravy or stock, and the butter creamed.

5. 5

   Pound the mixture well.

6. 6

   Pack tightly in glass jars, cover with melted butter to make airtight.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Girl's home manual of cookery, home management, home nursing and laundry (1913) by Annie Bessie Juniper, British Columbia. Ministry of Education, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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