Scrap Pie with Oatmeal Crust

Ingredients

• 1 lb. fine oatmeal
• 1/2 teaspoonful powdered-down dried herbs
• a little pepper
• salt
• 1 dessertspoonful flour
• meat parboiled
• 1/2 lb. dripping
• about 1/2 pint water

Method

1. 1

   Mix herbs, pepper, salt, and flour on a plate.

2. 2

   Roll each bit of parboiled meat in the mixture, then place in pie-dish.

3. 3

   For crust, boil dripping with water; bring to boil; add to meal, salt, and pepper; then pour in dripping.

4. 4

   Make crust quickly, and don’t touch with rolling pin.

5. 5

   Bake about an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Tried favourites cookery book (1909) by Kirk, E. W. Mrs, page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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