- 1⁄2 cup butter or fat
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 qt. stock or water
Make it as directed on [page 184].
Serves sixteen or twenty persons.
Beef à la Mode
- 12 lbs. round of beef
- 1⁄4 lb. fat salt pork
- Flour
- 3 tablespoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup sliced onion
- 1⁄2 teaspoon allspice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1⁄3 cup rendered beef fat
- About 3 qts. water
Cook it as directed on [page 95], except that there need not be an outer pail of boiling water.
Serves fifty persons.
Irish Stew
- 5 lbs. clear meat
- 21⁄2 qts. potatoes, in dice
- 21⁄2 cups turnips, in dice
- 21⁄2 cups carrots, sliced
- 11⁄2 cups onions, sliced
- 21⁄2 cups celery, in pieces
- 3 tablespoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 21⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄4 cup clear fat
- 41⁄2 qts. water
Cook it as directed on [page 100].