Ingredients. - Four pounds of shin or sticking of beef. Two carrots. Two turnips. Four onions. A bunch of herbs (marjoram, thyme, and parsley). Pepper and salt. One gill of vinegar.

Time required, about three hours and ten minutes.

To make Brazilian Stew:

1. Take four pounds of the shin of beef or the sticking of beef put it on a board, and cut all the meat off the bone.

2. Cut up the meat into neat pieces.

3. Dip each piece of meat into some vinegar in a basin.

N. B. - Putting meat into vinegar will make it tender, therefore any tough pieces may be used for this stew. The vinegar will not be tasted when the meat is cooked.

4. "Wash two carrots, scrape them clean, and cut them into slices with a sharp knife.

5. Peel two turnips and four onions, and cut them in slices.

6. Put the pieces of meat into a saucepan, arranging them closely together.

7. Sprinkle some pepper and salt over the meat.

8. Now put in all the vegetables, and also add a small-bunch of herbs-namely, a sprig of marjoram, thyme, and parsley, tied tightly together.

N. B. - Put no water in this stew; the vinegar draws out the juices of the meat, and makes plenty of gravy.

9. Shut down the lid tight; put the saucepan by the side of the fire, and let it simmer gently for at least three hours.

10. For serving, turn the stew on to a hot dish, or into a soup-tureen.