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English Stew

From The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901).

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A historical recipe

The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book, by Johnson, Alice A., [from old catalog] ed and Hill, Janet McKenzie, 1852-1933, joint ed (1901).

United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a teacup of water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Cut meat in slices, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and flour.
  2. Lay in a dish, and put a few pickles or a small quantity of pickled cabbage over the meat.
  3. Take half a teacup of water, add a little vinegar, pour over the meat, bake half an hour.
  4. Serve immediately.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
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Credit

From The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901), printed page 20, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/standardbookofre00john

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.