Mrs. Beeton's Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery: The "All About It" Books

required, with a little butter and flour; add spices and ketchup in the above proportion, give one boil, pour some of it over the meat, and the remainder send in a tureen. _Time._—Rather more than 3 hours. _Average cost_, 7_d._ per lb. _Sufficient_ for 7 or 8 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time. _Note._—The remainder of the liquor in which the beef was boiled may be served as a soup, or it may be sent to table with the meat in a tureen. BEEF, Broiled, and Mushroom Sauce. [COLD MEAT COOKERY.] _Ingredients._—2 or 3 dozen small button mushrooms, 1 oz. of butter, salt and cayenne to taste, 1 tablespoonful of mushroom ketchup, mashed potatoes, slices of cold roast beef. _Mode._—Wipe the mushrooms free from grit with a piece of flannel, and salt; put them in a stewpan with the butter, seasoning, and ketchup; stir over the fire until the mushrooms are quite done, when pour it in the middle of mashed potatoes, browned. Then place round the potatoes slices of cold roast beef, nicely broiled over a clear fire. In making the mushroom sauce the ketchup may be dispensed with, if there is sufficient gravy. _Time._—¼ hour. _Average cost_, exclusive of the meat, 8_d._ _Seasonable_ from August to October. BEEF, Broiled, and Oyster Sauce. [COLD MEAT COOKERY.] _Ingredients._—2 dozen oysters, 3 cloves, 1 blade of mace, 2 oz. of butter, ½ teaspoonful of flour, cayenne and salt to taste, mashed potatoes, a few slices of cold roast beef. _Mode._—Put the oysters in a stewpan, with their liquor strained; add the cloves, mace, butter, flour, and seasoning, and let them simmer gently for 5 minutes. Have ready in the centre of a dish round walls of mashed potatoes, browned; into the middle pour the oyster sauce quite hot, and round the potatoes place, in layers, slices of the beef, which should be previously broiled over a nice clear fire. _Time._—5 minutes. _Average cost_, 1_s._ 6_d._, exclusive of the cold meat. _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons. _Seasonable_ from September to April. BEEF BUBBLE-AND-SQUEAK. [COLD MEAT COOKERY.] _Ingredients._—A few thin slices of cold