Hodge-Podge

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Yield: 12.0 persons
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (11)

2 lbs. of shin of beef
3 quarts of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
1 pint of table-beer
2 onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
2 carrots ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
2 turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
1 head of celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
pepper and salt to taste ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
pepper and salt to taste ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
thickening of butter and flour ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
thickening of butter and flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]

Instructions (3)

Put the meat, beer, and water in a stewpan; simmer for a few minutes, and skim carefully.
Add the vegetables and seasoning; stew gently till the meat is tender.
Thicken with the butter and flour, and serve with turnips and carrots, or spinach and celery.

Original Text

HODGE-PODGE.

191. INGREDIENTS.—2 lbs. of shin of beef, 3 quarts of water, 1 pint of table-beer, 2 onions, 2 carrots, 2 turnips, 1 head of celery; pepper and salt to taste; thickening of butter and flour.

Mode.—Put the meat, beer, and water in a stewpan; simmer for a few minutes, and skim carefully. Add the vegetables and seasoning; stew gently till the meat is tender. Thicken with the butter and flour, and serve with turnips and carrots, or spinach and celery.

Time.—3 hours, or rather more. Average cost, 3d. per quart.

Seasonable at any time. Sufficient for 12 persons.

TABLE BEER.—This is nothing more than a weak ale, and is not made so much with a view to strength, as to transparency of colour and an agreeable bitterness of taste. It is, or ought to be, manufactured by the London professional brewers, from the best pale malt, or amber and malt. Six barrels are usually drawn from one quarter of malt, with which are mixed 4 or 5 lbs. of hops. As a beverage, it is agreeable when fresh; but it is not adapted to keep long.

FISH SOUPS.

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