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Raw Beef Tea

From British everyday cookery, revised and greatly enlarged (1910).

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A historical recipe

British everyday cookery, revised and greatly enlarged, by University of Leeds. Library (1910).

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.

  • Raw or underdone meat. Raw or underdone meat or fish carries a risk. Cook to current safe temperatures.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a pound of finely-minced beefsteak

Cook safely

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

  • Grill and open flame. Keep sleeves, hair and tea towels away from the flame, and stay with the grill while it's lit. Barbecue outdoors only, never in a closed space.
  • 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. This is useful in cases of blood-poisoning or bad fever.
  2. Place a quarter of a pound of finely-minced beefsteak with a gill or teacup of cold water.
  3. Let this soak for 20 minutes, then strain and serve.
  4. So that the patient may not see the unpalatable dish give it in spoonfuls or through a tube.
  5. BEEF ESSENCE (No.
  6. 1).
  7. Make like beef tea, but omit the water or use just a very little.
  8. Cook slowly for 4 or 5 hours.
  9. BEEF ESSENCE (No.
  10. 2).
  11. If wanted quickly, slightly grill a juicy piece of steak, score it well and squeeze the juice out of it with any handy appliance.
  12. Of course this only does for a small quantity.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Grill or grill pan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Sieve
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Credit

From British everyday cookery, revised and greatly enlarged (1910), printed page 313, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b2152922x

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.