Serves forty or fifty persons.
Beef Stew à la Mode
- 10 lbs. beef brisket
- Flour
- 1 cup rendered fat
- 11⁄2 cups sliced onion
- 1⁄3 cup salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1 lemon, sliced
- Water to cover
Buy twenty-five or thirty pounds of brisket to get ten pounds of clear, lean meat. Cook it as directed on [page 97].
Serves forty or fifty persons.
Boiled Dinner
- 8 lbs. lean, salt pork
- 1⁄4 pk. turnips
- 1⁄3 pk. beets
- 1 qt. carrots
- 5 heads cabbage
- 11⁄4 pks. potatoes
- 2 teaspoons pepper
- Water to cover
Cook it as directed on [page 96].
Serves forty or fifty persons.