Recipes Used in the Cooking Schools, U. S. ArmyUnited States. Army
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Recipes Used in the Cooking Schools, U. S. Army
United States. Army
Cooking; Cooking for military personnel -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States. Army -- Commissariat
=Boiled beef (corned) and cabbage (for 20 men).=
Take 8 pounds corned beef soaked overnight, remove the water, add about
4 gallons fresh cold water to draw the salt out. Let boil about 1 hour,
then add 8 pounds cabbage, cut in quarters and thoroly washt in cold
water, and let boil about 2 hours longer, and will then be ready to
serve.
=Beef croquettes.=
Take 3 pounds cold beef, cooked, pass thru hash machine; ¼ pound onions
chopped fine; season with salt, pepper, and mace. Make a white sauce:
1 pint beef stock, 2 ounces butter, thickened with ¼ pound white flour
in ½ pint water; pour the sauce over the meat. Set aside and let cool.
Roll into croquettes about 2 inches in diameter. Beat up 2 eggs, dip
the croquettes into the eggs, then into cracker dust. Fry in deep hot
lard same as doughnuts.
=Beef fritters (for 20 men).=
Take 2 pounds flour, 2 ounces baking powder, 6 eggs, 1 quart cold
water, 3 pounds beef, cooked, ground thru hash machine. Stir this
mixture all together and beat to consistency of fritter dough. Serve
with brown gravy.
=Beef hash.=
Take 3 pounds cooked meat ground in machine, 1 pound onions ground in
machine, and 5 pounds potatoes ground in machine. Season with salt,
pepper, and ground sage to taste, adding 3 quarts stock. Put in oven
and bake brown till done—about 2 hours.
=Beef hearts, stuffed with bread dressing (for 20 men).=
Take 3 beef hearts, thoroly washt in cold water, and dry thoroly. Then
make a bread stuffing as follows: Two loaves stale bread soaked in
about 1 quart cold water for about 15 minutes, 2 ounces chopped onions,
salt and pepper and ground sage to taste, ½ pound lard; thoroly mix the
stuffing together and stuff the hearts with this mixture. Put neatly in
a bake pan with a little grease and about 2 quarts beef stock. Let bake
about 2 hours, basting frequently. Slice and serve.
=Beef loaf (for 20 men).=
Take 6 pounds raw beef ground fine, 1 pound onions chopped fine,
1 pound cracker dust ground fine, 4 eggs, salt and pepper, 4
chili peppers, and 1 pint beef stock, all mixt thoroly and molded
into 3-pound loaves, and put in oven and baked for 2 hours. Baste
frequently. When baked, loaves are sliced and served either hot or cold.
=Roast beef.=
Cut in pieces. Place in pan. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover beef with
a little flour to brown beef. Pour in a little water to keep moist and
furnish water for gravy. Roast from 2 to 3 hours, depending upon sizes
of pieces of beef. Baste well.
=Broiled beefsteak.=
Grease meat and place on top of stove to cook. Turn frequently until
done, well done, or rare, as desired. Salt and pepper and add a little
butter on top. Cover steak and put away.
=Beefsteak and onions (for 20 men).=
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