396. SODA BISCUITS

Take of butter 2 oz., sugar 4 oz., cream tartar 1/4 oz., two eggs;
one teaspoonful of soda, and a half pint of sweet milk. Stir quite
still, &c.


397. BEEF STEAK

Put two large onions, peeled and sliced, into a stew-pan, put in
a little water, cover closely, set on a slow fire until the water
is all gone, then add 1/2 a pint of good broth, and boil till the
onions are tender, now strain off the broth, chop the onions fine,
and season to your taste with mushroom catsup, salt and pepper, let
it boil for five minutes, with the onion in it, then pour it into
the dish, and lay a broiled steak over it. Good beef gravy is far
superior to broth. In broiling your steak use a strong fire.


398. WEDDING CAKE

Take of flour, 18lbs.; fine sugar, 10 lbs.; butter, 9 lbs.; 11
nutmegs; 18 eggs; milk, 5 quarts; yeast, 1 quart; fruit, 10 lbs.;
mace, 1 oz.; wine 1 quart; and brandy, 1 pint. Roll the butter and
sugar together, then mix all the rest with them, putting the fruit
in last, just before it is put in the oven.