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[Gravy for Made Dishes.]
- Ingredients—1 lb. of gravy beef.
- 1 quart of water.
- A piece of onion, carrot, and turnip.
- 1 sprig of parsley.
- Thyme and marjoram.
- Pepper and salt to taste.
Method.—Cut the beef into small pieces.
Put it with the vegetables into a stewpan with the water, and simmer very gently for four hours; then strain.
If a thick gravy is required, thicken with one and a half ounces of flour; add pepper and salt to taste.
To this gravy may be added a little sauce, catsup, port or sherry wine, &c., according to the purpose for which it is required.
Scraps of cooked meat and bones may be substituted for the fresh meat where economy must be studied.