Beef à la Mode
12 lbs. round of beef
1⁄4 lb. fat salt pork
Flour
3 tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 cup sliced onion
1⁄2 teaspoon allspice
1⁄2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1⁄2 teaspoon whole cloves
1⁄3 cup rendered beef fat
About 3 qts. water
Cook it as directed on page 95, except that there need not be an outer pail of boiling water.
Serves fifty persons.