Savory Beef

Ingredients

• Three and a half pounds of round beefsteak
• three eggs
• twenty oyster crackers, rolled fine
• four tablespoons sweet cream
• butter size of an egg
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• little nutmeg
• Thin with milk to consistency of biscuit dough

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients and put in a buttered pan.

2. 2

   Bake for one and a half hours.

3. 3

   Eat when cold, sliced for tea or lunch.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 58. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SAVORY BEEF. Three and a half pounds of round beefsteak, chopped fine; three eggs, twenty oyster crackers, rolled fine ; four tablespoons sweet cream 5 butter size of an egg ; salt and pepper to taste ; little nutmeg. Thin with milk to consistency of biscuit dough ; put in a buttered pan ; bake one and one-half hours. Eat when cold. Sliced for tea or lunch. — Mrs. W.P. Lynde. STAFFORDSHIRE BEEFSTEAK. Beat them a little with a rolling pin, flour, and season, then fry with a sliced onion ; lay the steaks into a stewpan and pour as much boiling water over them as will serve for sauce ; stew them gently about half an hour, and add a little catsup before serving. PRESSED BEEF. Cure a piece of brisket with salt and pulverized saltpetre for five or six days ; boil slowly until quite done and tender ; press until perfectly cold. Slice thin and serve with toinato sauce. BEEF OMELET. Three pounds of beefsteak, one light pound of suet chopped fine, salt, pepper, and a little sage, three eggs, seven crackers rolled fine ; make into a roll and bake. TO FRIZZLE BEEF. Shave off very thin pieces of beef, put them mto a spider and pour a little warm water over them, stir up and turn off the water, add a piece of but- ter the size of an egg ; to a pound of beef, put the whole over the fire ; beat up two eggs with three tablespoonfuls of cream, dredge with flour, pour over it the beaten eggs and cream ; season with parsley, pepper and salt, to tast

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