This is a most economical and nutritious roast, having no waste in bones
and trimmings, and if cut from good beef is as delicious as a
porterhouse roast.
=Sauer Braten.=--Rub a solid piece of the round of beef with vinegar,
dust lightly with salt and pepper and a bit of bay leaf rubbed to a
powder. Let the meat stand over night or twelve hours. Cut several
slashes in the meat, put in two small onions cut in quarters and two
carrots cut in strips and the same amount of turnip. Dust a pinch of
poultry seasoning or sweet herbs over. Lay three thin slices of salt
pork in the well-greased paper bag, add a half cupful boiling water and
if there is room in the bag tuck in a few more carrots or onions. Seal
and place in a very hot oven for eight minutes, then reduce the heat at
least half, and cook about two hours. Have a dripping pan with an inch
of water in it, set under the oven rack so that if by any mischance the
bag should burst, nothing would be lost. The steam from the water in
the pan serves the same purpose as wetting the bag before filling,
keeping it from becoming too brittle. Two bags will be found better than
one in this case.
=Beef Steak.=--Wipe the meat, trim off extra fat and brush over with oil
or butter. Season lightly with salt and pepper, put in well-greased bag,
seal, place on grid in very hot oven and cook from fifteen to eighteen
minutes, according to thickness of steak. At the last, pierce a few
holes in the top of the bag, if there is any doubt about the steak being
sufficiently browned. Take up on hot platter and spread with parsley
butter, pouring any gravy remaining in the pan over the meat.
=Toledo Beef Steak.=--Place a top sirloin steak in a wood cookery dish,
season with salt and pepper and place in bag. Seal and cook twenty
minutes. Remove from the oven, open the bag and turn the steak. Spread
over the top a little dry mustard and season with salt, pepper, two
tablespoonfuls of drawn butter and a large tablespoonful of
Worcestershire sauce. Place on the top grate of the oven without the
bag, and leave ten or fifteen minutes until crisp and brown.
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