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Transcriber’s Note
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of correctionsis found at the end of the text.
Inconsistencies in spelling andhyphenation have been retained. A list of inconsistently spelledand hyphenated words is found at the end of the text.
PREPARED BY THE
Society for Christian Work
OF THE
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
"Tried and True"
SAN FRANCISCO
C. A. Murdock & Co., Printers
1891
The capon burns, the pig falls from the spit;
The clock hath struck twelve upon the bell;
My mistress made it one upon my cheek—
She is so hot, because the meat is cold;
Methinks your man, like mine, should be your clock,
And strike you home without a messenger.
My charge was but to fetch you from the mart
Home to your house, the Phœnix, sir, to dinner—
My mistress and her sister wait for you.
—Comedy of Errors.
4 pounds of round of beef cut into dice pieces. Trim off all fatty skin.4 quarts water; 1 teaspoonful celery seed; 4 large onions; 6 largecarrots; bunch of parsley; 6 blades of mace; 16 whole cloves, salt andpepper to taste.
Pour on the water, and let it simmer six hours, skimming carefully, forif any grease is allowed to go back into the soup it is impossible tomake it clear. Scrape the carrots, stick 4 whole cloves into each onion,and put them in the soup; then add the celery seed, parsley, mace,pepper and salt. Let this boil till the vegetables are tender, thenstrain through a cloth, pouring the soup through first, then putting themeat in it to drain, never squeezing or pressing it.
If you wish to color it, you can put in a dessertspoon of burnt sugar.It can be nicely flavored by adding some walnut catsup