To Fry a Round or Tough Steak

Ingredients

• a round or tough steak
• salt
• pepper
• butter

Method

1. 1

   Heat the spider hot, pound the steak well, salt both sides, lay it in the spider, cover tight, turn every half minute, and cook fast; it will cook rare in five or seven minutes.

2. 2

   Butter both sides, take it up, put in water enough to make a gravy and pour over it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ... (1895) by William Hart Boyd, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Fry a Round or Tough Steak. Heat the spider hot, pound the steak well, . oalt both lay it in spider, cover tight, turn every half min- ute (watch it closely that it does not burn), but cook fast; it will cook rare in five or seven minutes; butter it both sides - and^pe ^^^;- take it up, put in water enough to make a gravy and pour over it. Always see that your gravies ar« nicely seasoned. Beef Croquettes. Take one pound of cold beef left from roast or steak, cut off all gristle or skin, hash it fine enough to adhere. Add the same quantity of fine rolled cracker, or grated bread crumbs; gravy or milk to moisten, two eggs, season to taste with butter, salt and pepper

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