Mrs. Brutus J. Clay

Take a round of beef and remove the bone. Fill the hole with a dressing made of bread-crumbs, salt, pepper, and butter. Also 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, cloves, mace, and nutmeg. Make incisions in the beef and put in strips of pork which have been rolled in the spices. Sprinkle the rest over the top. Then cover the whole with fat bacon to prevent burning. Tie with a tape and skewer it well and put in an oven and bake 5 hours. Baste constantly with butter and lard mixed with a little flour. When nearly done skim off the fat and thicken the gravy. Season with walnut catsup and wine.

Beef A La Mode (No. 2)

R. V. J

Take a large tender round of beef and have holes made all over it, through and through. Make a rich stuffing of bread-crumbs, butter, onion, spices, salt, and herbs to your taste; also truffles and mushrooms. If you use the latter, leave out the onion.

Fill the holes with the stuffing, pouring in wine with it into each hole, and then pour more wine over the beef, and let stand until morning. Then bake slowly until thoroughly done, basting frequently with the wine gravy.