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Beef, Brisket of, Stewed

IN- GREDIENTS for dish for 10 persons.-7 lbs. of the brisket of beef, vinegar and salt, 6 carrots, 6 turnips, 6 small onions, 1 blade of pounded mace, 2 whole allspice pounded, thickening of butter and flour, 2 tablespoonfuls of ketchup, stock or water. AVERAGE COST, 4s. 8d.

About an hour before dressing it, rub the meat over with vinegar and salt; put it into a stewpan, with sufficient stock to cover it (when this is not at hand, water BEEF, BROILED. may be substituted for it), and be particular that the stewpan is not much larger than the meat. Skim well, and when it has simmered very gently for 1 hour, put in the vegetables, and continue simmering till the meat is perfectly tender. Draw out the bones, dish the meat, and garnish either with tufts of cauliflower or braised cabbage cut in quarters. Thicken as much gravy as required, with a little butter and flour; add spices and ketchup in the above proportion, give one boil, pour some of it over the meat, and the remainder send in a tureen. - TIME. Rather more than 3 hours.

SEASONABLE at any time.

Note. The remainder of the liquor in which the beef was boiled may be served as a soup, or it may be sent to table with the meat in a tureen.

Beef, Broiled, and Mushroom Sauce. (Cold Meat Cookery.) - INGREDI- ENTS.-2 or 3 dozen small button mushrooms, 1 oz. of butter, salt and cayenne to taste, 1 tablespoonful of mushroom ketchup, mashed potatoes, slices of cold roast beef.

AVERAGE COST, exclusive of the meat, 8d.

Wipe the mushrooms free from grit with a piece of flannel, and salt; put them in a stewpan with the butter, seasoning and ketchup; stir over the fire until the mushrooms are quite done, when pour it in the middle of the mashed potatoes, browned.

Then place round the potatoes slices of cold roast beef, nicely broiled over a clear fire. In making the mushroom sauce the ketchup may be dispensed with, if there is sufficient gravy.

TIME.1 hour.

SEASONABLE from August to October.

Beef, Broiled, and Oyster Sauce. (Cold Meat Cookery.)-INGREDI- ENTS for small dish.-1 dozen oysters, 3 cloves, 1 blade of mace, 2 oz. of butter, teaspoonful of flour, cayenne and salt to taste, mashed potatoes, a few slices of cold roast beef. AVERAGE COST, exclusive of the meat, 1s. 6d.

Put the oysters in a stewpan, with their liquor strained; add the cloves, mace, butter, flour and seasoning, and let them simmer gently for 5 minutes. Have ready in the centre of a dish a round wall of mashed potatoes, browned; into the middle pour the oyster sauce quite hot, and round the potatoes place, in layers, slices of the beef, which should be previously broiled over a nice clear fire.

TIME.-5 minutes.

SEASONABLE from September to April, BEEF BUBBLE-AND-SQUEAK.

Beef Bubble - and - Squeak. (Cold Meat Cookery.) - INGREDIENTS for small dish.-A few thin slices of cold boiled beef; butter, cabbage, 1 sliced onion, pepper and salt to taste. AVERAGE COST, exclusive of the meat, 4d.

Fry the slices of beef gently in a little butter, taking care not to dry them up.

Lay them on a flat dish, and cover with fried greens. The greens may be prepared from cabbage sprouts or green savoys.

They should be boiled till tender, well drained, minced, and placed till quite hot in a frying-pan, with butter, a sliced onion, and seasoning of pepper and salt.

When the onion is done it is ready to serve.

TIME.-Altogether, hour.

SEASONABLE at any time.

Beef Cake. (Cold Meat Cookery.)- INGREDIENTS. The remains of cold roast beef; to each pound of cold meat allow 1/4 lb. of bacon or ham; seasoning to taste of pepper and salt, 1 small bunch of minced savoury herbs, 1 or 2 eggs. AVERAGE COST, with 1 lb. of cold beef, 5d.

Mince the beef very finely (if underdone it will be better), add to it the bacon, which must also be chopped very small, and mix well together. Season, stir in the herbs, and bind with an egg, or 2 should 1 not be sufficient.

Make it into small square cakes, about 1/2 inch thick, fry them in hot dripping, drain them, and serve in a dish with good gravy poured round.

TIME.-10 minutes.

SEASONABLE at any time.

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