I pound chopped raw beef

4 white crackers

1/2 cup cream or milk (or some evaporated cream)

1 egg

1 teaspoonful salt

Butter

Rolling pin and board Mixing bowl Wooden spoon Teaspoon Measuring cup Baking dish

Take 4 white crackers, - any simple unsweetened cracker will do.

Roll them into fine crumbs with your rolling pin.

Put them in a bowl with 1 teaspoonful of salt.

(Leave out some of the crumbs to put on top of your loaf.)

Break an egg into the bowl and mix well with the cracker crumbs, using a wooden spoon.

Put into the bowl 1 pound of finely chopped raw beef, and mix again.

Measure 1/2 cup of cream and pour over the mixture. (You can use instead 4 tablespoonfuls of unsweetened evaporated cream.) If you use milk, add to it 1 tablespoonful of melted butter before you pour it on the meat.

Mix the whole together again, and turn into your baking dish, moulding it into a loaf with a spoon.

Sprinkle over the top the rest of your cracker crumbs, and a tablespoonful of butter broken into little pieces.

Bake in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes, until the meat is nicely browned on top.

Serve hot or cold, if possible in the dish in which the loaf was cooked.