Neck or Loin of Mutton Steaks

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time: Cook: 240 min Total: 240 min
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

a neck or loin of mutton ↝ Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo) [American Indian/Alaska Native Foods]
lettuce ↝ Lettuce, raw [Lettuce and lettuce salads]
turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
carrots ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
two cucumbers cut in quarters ↝ Cucumber, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
four or five onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (7)

Cut a neck or loin of mutton into steaks, take off all the fat.
Put the steaks into a pitcher, with lettuce, turnips, carrots, two cucumbers cut in quarters, four or five onions, and pepper and salt.
Do not put any water to it.
Stop the pitcher very close.
Set it in a pan of boiling water.
Let it boil four hours.
Keep the pan supplied with fresh boiling water as it wastes.

Original Text

CUT a neck or loin of mutton into steaks, take off all the fat, then put the steaks into a pitcher, with lettuce, turnips, carrots, two cucumbers cut in quarters, four or five onions, and pepper and salt; you must not put any water to it, and stop the pitcher very close, then set it in a pan of boiling water, let it boil four hours; keep the pan supplied with fresh boiling water as it wastes.

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