Hasty Soup.

The trimmings of your roast beef, and any other cold meat you may have—about two and a half pounds in all, chopped very fine.

Put meat, butter, salt and pepper into a saucepan; add two quarts of cold water, and bring slowly to a boil. Cook half an hour after the boil fairly begins. Strain hard through a thin cloth; thicken with browned flour; add the catsup; boil up once, and pour over the fried bread in the tureen.