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Dutch Beef To twenty pounds of lean beef put two ounces of salt Petre, of one pound & quarter of common salt when you have rubb'd it well into your beef, take half a pint of water & pour over it a little at a time to dissolve the salt, the remainder may be put in the dish, let it lye three days, basting it with the pickle several times a day. take it out to drain sew it up in a coarse cloth & dry it in wood smoak six weeks, when you boyl it let it stand in the water 'till cold. Mrs. Callibee Oyster sauce Take a large Onion & slice it, one anchov'e & a little white wine, & the oyster liquor (strain'd) & stew it together for some time, strain it off, throw in your Oysters & let them be hot thro' & add melted butter thicken'd with flour, and mix it well together. Irish Plumb Cake Beat a pound of butter to a cream, a pound of sugar dry'd & sifted, Eight or Nine eggs a pound & quarter of flour, a pound and quarter of Currans a Nutmeg a gill of brandy, three ounces of almonds sliced thin, the same quantity of Citron the Currans Almonds & Citron must be put in just before it goes into the Oven. Lady Hartop
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Dutch Beef To twenty pounds of lean beef put two ounces of salt Petre, of one pound & quarter of common salt when you have rubb'd it well into your beef, take half a pint of water & pour over it a little at a time to dissolve the salt, the remainder may be put in the dish, let it lye three days, basting it with the pickle several times a day. take it out to drain sew it up in a coarse cloth & dry it in wood smoak six weeks, when you boyl it let it stand in the water 'till cold. Mrs. Callibee Oyster sauce Take a large Onion & slice it, one anchov'e & a little white wine, & the oyster liquor (strain'd) & stew it together for some time, strain it off, throw in your Oysters & let them be hot thro' & add melted butter thicken'd with flour, and mix it well together. Irish Plumb Cake Beat a pound of butter to a cream, a pound of sugar dry'd & sifted, Eight or Nine eggs a pound & quarter of flour, a pound and quarter of Currans a Nutmeg a gill of brandy, three ounces of almonds sliced thin, the same quantity of Citron the Currans Almonds & Citron must be put in just before it goes into the Oven. Lady Hartop
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