Prof. Trousseau's Meat Diet

Ingredients

• Lean beef or mutton
• salt or otherwise seasoned

Method

1. 1

   Finely hash the lean beef or mutton, pound it in a mortar until a pulp, and then pass it through a fine sieve.

2. 2

   The thick, concentrated juice thus obtained is highly nutritious and easily digested.

3. 3

   Give one or two table-spoonfuls in fractional doses the first day.

4. 4

   If well borne, increase the quantity day by day until 1 or 2 quarts are taken in the 24 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PROF. TROUSSEAU'S MEAT DIET. Lean beef or mutton is finely hashed, and then pounded in a mortar until a pulp, and then passed through a fine sieve. The thick, concentrated juice thus obtained is highly nutritious and easily digested, and when salted or otherwise seasone

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