Stewed Celery

Ingredients

• green stalks
• one teaspoonful of salt
• one tablespoonful of dripping
• one tablespoonful of flour
• three tablespoonfuls liquor in which celery was boiled

Method

1. 1

   Wash and cut celery into pieces.

2. 2

   Boil in salted water for 30 minutes.

3. 3

   Drain and cool.

4. 4

   In a pan, melt dripping, add flour, and mix.

5. 5

   Add celery and heat through.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED CELERY. Scrape and wash well the green stalks that are not fit to be used on the table. Cut in pieces one inch long and soak in cold water fifteen minutes. Place in saucepan of boiling water, with one teaspoonful of salt, and boil thirty minutes. When done, drain and throw into cold water while you make the sauce. Put one tablespoonful of dripping in frying- pan, melt, and add one tablespoonful of flour. Mix smooth. Add three tablespoonfuls liquor in which celery was T)oile

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