Historical Recipes in the Digital Age

Beef Tea

Ingredients

½ lb lean juicy freshly killed beef  
½ pint water 
salt  

Method
Remove all skin and fat cut into strips and shred meat into a jar, pour cold water over and stand half hour.
Stir it and cover with grease cover and stand in a saucepan containing cold water.
Bring water slowly to simmering point and simmer slowly one hour stirring occasionally.
Strain pressing liquid well out of beef.
If wanted at once remove fat by drawing tissue paper on blotted paper add salt and serve with dry toast.  

U.295, Special Collections, UCC Library.

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