Cold Beef Stewed with Apples

From the official BryonySeries cookbook, Memories in the Kitchen: Bites and Nibbles from "Bryony."

 

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Melissa is thrilled when John finally invites her to a picnic away from the mansion, just the two of them. Of course, John feels Bryga packed enough food to feed them for a week, but even that careless remark couldn’t completely dampen Melissa’s excitement of being alone with John.

Cold Beef Stewed with Apples

 Beef, cut into thin slices

Butter

Apple, sliced fine

Salt

Pepper

Onion (optional)

Rub a stew pan with butter and put in sliced beef with pepper, salt, and apple; some would add a little onion. Cover it tight and stew until tender.

 

Adapted from Miss Beecher’s domestic receiptbook: designed as a supplement to her Treatise on domestic economy.