Presented as published in 1888. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
Beefsteak Soup
From Dora's cook book, 1888
Serves 6
A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record
Ingredients
- a cupful of pieces of cold beefsteak
- four quarts of cold water
- one cup of rice
- two cups of tomatoes
Method
Chop fine a cupful of pieces of cold beefsteak, leaving the bone entire.
Put both meat and bone over the fire in four quarts of cold water, season with pepper and salt, add one cup of rice, and two cups of tomatoes, either fresh or canned, chopped finely; boil the soup slowly and steadily for two hours, then remove the bone, and serve it hot.
As published
This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
BEEFSTEAK SOUP. i Chop fine a cupful of pieces of cold beefsteak, leaving the bone entire, so that it can be easily removed from the 12 DORA'S COOK BOOK. soup ; put both meat and bone over the fire in four quarts of cold water, season with pepper and salt, add one cup of rice, and two cups of tomatoes
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