Pot Roast
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Pot Roast

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 pound of beef, (a rump roast)
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoon bacon drippings
  • 1/4 cup diced carrots
  • 3 tablespoon flour
  • 1/4 cup diced turnips
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoon chopped onions
  • 4 cloves
  • 1/4 cup celery
  • 3 cup boiling water

Directions

  1. Place the bacon drippings in a frying-pan.
  2. Roll the beef in the flour, and when the fat is hot, add the beef and brown thoroughly on all sides.
  3. Place the meat in a kettle, and add the vegetables.
  4. Pour the water in the frying-pan to remove any fat.
  5. Pour all over the meat.
  6. Add the bay leaf, cloves and salt.
  7. Cover closely and allow to cook very slowly for three and a half hours.
  8. Turn the meat after the second hour.
  9. This is a good fireless cooker recipe.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Meat, Main Dish

Ingredients: beef, salt, pepper, dripping, carrot, flour, turnip, bay leaf, onion, clove, celery, water

Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, rolling pin, stove

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