Roast Beef.
Lay a neat cut of rib-roast, trimmed and skewered, in a dripping-pan; dash a cupful of boiling water all over it, and roast ten minutes to the pound, if you like it rare. Just before taking it up, baste it with butter—the previous and abundant bastings should have been with its own gravy—dredge with flour, and, as it browns, again with butter. Pour off the fat from the gravy before thickening and seasoning it. Much of the so-called beef gravy is only fit for the dripping-pot.