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Beef Cakes

Make a mincemeat of one pound of underdone roast beef, a quarter of a pound of ham or bacon, a few sweet herbs, and a seasoning of salt and pepper. Add a large egg well beaten, and make up into square cakes of about half an inch thick. Fry quickly in good dripping, with bread-crumbs and a little more egg beaten up. Probable cost, 1s. 6d. Time, from five to six minutes. Sufficient for three or four persons.