Beef fritters (for 20 men).
Take 2 pounds flour, 2 ounces baking powder, 6 eggs, 1 quart cold water, 3 pounds beef, cooked, ground thru hash machine. Stir this mixture all together and beat to consistency of fritter dough. Serve with brown gravy.
Beef hash.
Take 3 pounds cooked meat ground in machine, 1 pound onions ground in machine, and 5 pounds potatoes ground in machine. Season with salt, pepper, and ground sage to taste, adding 3 quarts stock. Put in oven and bake brown till done—about 2 hours.
Beef hearts, stuffed with bread dressing (for 20 men).
Take 3 beef hearts, thoroly washt in cold water, and dry thoroly. Then make a bread stuffing as follows: Two loaves stale bread soaked in about 1 quart cold water for about 15 minutes, 2 ounces chopped onions, salt and pepper and ground sage to taste, ½ pound lard; thoroly mix the stuffing together and stuff the hearts with this mixture. Put neatly in a bake pan with a little grease and about 2 quarts beef stock. Let bake about 2 hours, basting frequently. Slice and serve.
Beef loaf (for 20 men).
Take 6 pounds raw beef ground fine, 1 pound onions chopped fine, 1 pound cracker dust ground fine, 4 eggs, salt and pepper, 4 chili peppers, and 1 pint beef stock, all mixt thoroly and molded into 3-pound loaves, and put in oven and baked for 2 hours. Baste frequently. When baked, loaves are sliced and served either hot or cold.
Roast beef.
Cut in pieces. Place in pan. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover beef with a little flour to brown beef. Pour in a little water to keep moist and furnish water for gravy. Roast from 2 to 3 hours, depending upon sizes of pieces of beef. Baste well.