3 or 4 cups cut onions 5 pounds round steak or any tough beef 3 quarts strained tomato 1 quart boiling water

1 1/2 cups drippings

2 cups barley flour 2 1/2 tablespoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons paprika

3 quarts noodles or more

Cut steak in half-inch pieces or cubes. Brown it, a little at a time, in a very hot frying pan which has been rubbed with fat. Put into kettle with boiling water; cook slowly three hours.

Cut onions in slices, and cook very slowly in drippings until soft; add flour, stir until smooth. Add hot, strained tomato, stirring all the time until it boils. Cook noodles in plenty of boiling salted water until tender, but not broken; drain, and add to meat with seasonings and tomato mixture. Cook fifteen minutes longer.