Beef En Casserole

Cut meat into slices for serving. Sear quickly in a very hot, slightly greased skillet. Remove to casserole or cooker utensil and sprinkle with flour. Into skillet put enough water to come to top of meat; when water is boiling, pour over the meat, let boil three minutes, cover and cook below boiling point, two hours in the oven or three in the tireless. Quartered potatoes may be added an hour before serving time. Salt meat when adding potatoes.

Beef Stew

1 pound lean beef 1/4 cup carrots 1/4 cup celery 1/4 cup tomato 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3 tablespoons flour 1 1/2 cups potato or dumplings 2 tablespoons butter substitute

Wipe meat, cut into inch cubes and dredge with flour. Sear half the meat and put into kettle with unseared meat. Put three cups water into skillet in which meat was seared.

When boiling, pour over meat. scraping all particles loose, and cook below boiling point three hours. Add more water as needed. An hour before serving time add the vegetables and salt. Fifteen minutes before serving thicken and add the dumplings, cover snugly and cook without removing cover.

Of course when there is a scarcity of wheat, potatoes should be used in place of the dumplings.

Plain Dumplings

1 1/2 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk

Mix together, and drop by teaspoonfuls into hot stew.

Egg Dumplings

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt

Hamburg Stew

1 pound Hamburg

3 onions

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons butter substitute 4 potatoes or dumplings

Season Hamburg with the salt, roll into balls, drop into boiling water and boil three minutes. Add the diced onions and cook be-low the boiling point an hour. Add quartered potatoes a half hour, or the dumplings fifteen minutes before serving time,

Birds

1 1/2 pounds lean beef 3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup dressing 1 tablespoon fat

Cut the meat into pieces about 3x4 inches. Pound well with edge of heavy plate. Sprinkle with salt, spread with dressing, roll and fasten with tooth pick. Roll in flour, brown quickly in the fat, put into the casserole. Add 1 1/2 cups boiling water heated in skillet in which birds were browned - and cook slowly in oven two hours.

Beef Loaf

(Without eggs)

3 cups ground beef

1 cup bread crumbs or mashed potatoes

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 cup white sauce No. 4 1 tablespoon onion juice 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley

Mix all together and bake one hour.

The onion, lemon and parsley may be omitted if necessary.

A loaf without eggs will not slice so well, but there is practically no difference in the taste.

Beef Loaf

4 cups ground beef 1/2 cup crumbs 2 teaspoons salt

2 eggs

1/4 cup tomato pulp

1/2 teaspoon onion juice follow directions for Beef Loaf without eggs.