Beef Stewed With Onions
53. Cut some tender beef in small pieces, and season it with pepper and salt, slice some onions and add to it, with water enough in the stew-pan to make a gravy; let it stew slowly till the beef is thoroughly done, then add some pieces of butter rolled in flour to make a rich gravy.
Cold beef may be done in the same way, only the onions must be stewed first and the meat added. If the water should stew away too much put in a little more.