To Boil Meat

Directions

1. Weigh the meat, allow twenty minutes to each pound, and twenty minutes extra for dishing up.
2. Put the meat into boiling water, boil five minutes, then draw the saucepan to the side of the fire, and simmer ; keep the meat well covered with water ; serve with a teacupful of its own liquor.
3. Never throw away the liquor in which meat has been boiled ; it makes excellent soup.