To Cook Dried Beef

Ingredients

• a small piece of butter
• half a pint of boiling water
• some pepper

Method

1. 1

   Slice the beef thin, lay it in warm water for half an hour; wipe it dry and roll it well with the rolling-pin.

2. 2

   Put a small piece of butter in a hot skillet, add the beef, and cook for a very few moments.

3. 3

   Alternatively, cut it into small pieces, put it in a skillet with boiling water, butter, and pepper; stew for a few moments.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Kentucky home cook book (1884) by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South., page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO COOK DRIED BEEF. Beef not too dry and hard is the best for broiling. Slice it thin, and lay it in warm water for half an hour ; wipe it dry and roll it well with the rolling-pin ; put a small piece of butter in a hot skillet, put in the beef, and cook it for a very few moments; take it out and pour over it. drawn but- ter, well seasoned with pepper. Or, after it is taken out of the water, cut it in small pieces, put it in a skillet with half a pint of boiling water, one table-spoonful of butter, and some pepper

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