The Twentieth Century Home Cook Book

Practical recipes and household wisdom from 1906 — when the icebox was high technology and dinner had nine courses.

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Minced Beef

Take the lean of some coid roast beef. Chop it very fine, adding a small minced onion, and season it with pepper and salt. Put it into a stewpan with some of the gravy that has been left from the day before, and let it stew for a quarter of an hour. Then put it (two-thirds full) into a deep dish. Fill up the dish with mashed potatoes, heaped high in the center, smoothed on the surface, and browned. Very nice with Chili sauce. Cold roast mutton or lamb may be minced as above, adding some sweet marjoram to the seasoning, and filling up the dish with mashed turnips instead of potatoes.

Also cold roast pork, flavoring the seasoning with a little chopped sage. Cover the top with sweet potato, boiled and mashed, or with apple sauce that has been stewed as thick as possible.

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