How To Cook Beef. Continued

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This section is from the book "Better Meals For Less Money", by Mary Green. Also available from Amazon: Better Meals for Less Money.

How To Cook Beef. Continued

Stuffed Shin Of Beef

4 pounds shin of beef 1 onion 1 carrot

1 small white turnip

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 quart boiling water

Have the bone removed and cracked; finely chop vegetables and stuff into beef; place on a trivet in kettle with the bone; add boiling water, and cook slowly for four hours. Skim when necessary. Remove meat, and thicken gravy with flour mixed to a paste with cold water, allowing one-fourth cup flour to two cups gravy. Color with a few drops of kitchen bouquet.

To Broil Steak

Wipe steak, trim off superfluous fat, place on a greased broiler with fat towards the handle, and broil over a clear fire or under a gas flanie. Turn four or five times during the first minute, and then occasionally. For steak an inch and a half thick, medium cooked, allow twelve minutes to broil. Season with salt and pepper, and spread with soft butter. A slice from the shoulder is a good and inexpensive cut.

Follow directions for broiling steak (see No. 125), but, as flank steak is thinner, broil only seven or eight minutes. Season with salt and pepper, spread with one tablespoon of soft butter and one tablespoon of tomato ketchup.

Steak Country Style

1 1/2 pounds flank steak

4 onions

1 tablespoon flour

1/3 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/4 cup boiling water

Pound the steak with a meat pounder or a wooden potato masher to break the tough fibers. Sear quickly on each side in a very hot frying pan; peel and chop onions, dredge with flour, and put in pan with the steak; add salt and pepper; cover closely, and cook slowly an hour and a half. Put steak on platter, add boiling water to onions, and pour around steak. Serve with hashed brown potatoes.

Broiled Chopped Beef

Put one pound and a half of any of the cheaper cuts of beef through the meat chopper; season with pepper and salt, and pat lightly into a flat cake an inch thick; place carefully on a greased broiler, and broil about eight minutes for a medium-cooked steak. Spread with soft butter.

1 pound beef

1 thin slice salt pork

1/4 cup dried crumbs

1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/2 cup milk

Use any of the cheaper cuts of beef; put through the meat chopper with the salt pork, add crumbs, seasoning, and milk; mix well, shape into small flat cakes, roll in flour, and saute slowly in beef drippings until brown, allowing ten minutes for each side. Remove meat to platter; add two tablespoons of flour to the fat in the pan, and stir until brown; add one-fourth teaspoon each of mustard, salt, and paprika, and one cup of boiling water. Stir until smooth, and pour around meat cakes. One teaspoon of grated onion may be added to meat.

Beef And Bacon Cakes

1 pound flank of beef 3 slices bacon 1/4 cup dried bread crumbs

1/2 cup water 1/4 teaspoon salt Dash of cayenne

Put meat and bacon through chopper; add crumbs, water, and seasonings; mix well, form into small flat cakes, and saute in bacon fat.

Beef Loaf

2 pounds shoulder trimmings chopped

1/4 pound salt pork chopped

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3 common crackers rolled fine

1 cup milk

Mix in order given and bake in a deep pan about two hours in a slow oven. Serve hot with Tomato Sauce (see No. 203) or Creole Sauce (see No. 191), or serve cold, sliced. One teaspoon of poultry seasoning may be added if desired.

Casserole Of Beef

1 pound of shoulder trimmings

1 tablespoon flour

2 potatoes 1 carrot

1 onion

1 tablespoon pearl tapioca

1 1/4 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoon paprika

1 tablespoon tomato ketchup

Cold water

Cut beef into inch pieces, sear quickly in hot frying pan, dredge with flour, and put into casserole; cut potatoes into cubes or balls; put carrot and onion through meat chopper; mix vegetables, and add to meat; add tapioca and seasonings, cover with cold water (a little of the water should be put into the frying pan to obtain all the flavor of the meat, and then added to the rest). Cover, and bake slowly two and a half hours. Any of the other cheaper cuts of meat may be used. Serve with spinach or cold slaw.

Creamed Dried Beef With Cheese

1/4 pound dried beef 1 1/2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour

1 cup milk

2 tablespoons grated cheese 2 tablespoons ketchup

Cut beef in small pieces, cover with boiling water, let stand five minutes, and drain; melt butter, add beef, and stir until hot; add flour and milk, and stir until smooth; add cheese and ketchup, and stir until cheese is melted. Serve with baked potatoes.