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Mutton Tea

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907).

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A historical recipe

Mrs. Beeton's household management, by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton (1907).

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. Printed in United Kingdom: that says where the book was made, not where the dish comes from.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. a Ib. of lean mutton
  2. a pint of water
  3. a teaspoonful of salt

Method

  1. Ingredients.
  2. — £ a Ib.
  3. of lean mutton, £ a pint of water, £ of a teaspoonful of salt.
  4. Method.
  5. — Mutton tea is less generally employed than beef tea, but it is a useful means of varying the diet, and it is both light and easily digested.
  6. For invalids it should be prepared as directed for Beef Tea for Invalids (No.
  7. 3161) ;
  8. but a more savoury and palatable preparation for convalescents may be made by gently stewing the meat for 2 or 3 hours (see Beef Tea for Convalescents, No.
  9. 3159).

Plating

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Credit

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907), printed page 1356, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mrsbeetonshouse00beetuoft

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.