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Green Turtle Steak
They are sometimes sold in market, or can be found at the grocers canned. Some claim them to be an over-rated dainty, while others pronounce them exquisite. The latter class prefer them in a chafing dish, as follows:
Melt two ounces of butter in the chafing dish, add a tablespoonful of mushrooms, catsup, a cube of cut sugar, two tablespoonfuls of currant jelly, a gill of port wine, a dash of cayenne and a little salt. In this simmer the steak until tender.