2 Pounds of Beef (any cheap cut will do)
1 Onion
1 Tablespoonful of Salt

Cut the meat into small pieces; cover with cold water, salt and put
into the oven; cut the onion into small pieces and add. Bake three
hours in an earthen dish. Half an hour before serving, put over the top
a crust, made of two cupfuls of flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls of
baking-powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt, and one tablespoonful of
lard. Wet with water or milk, as for biscuits.



=Beef Stew with Dumplings=

3 Pounds of Shin-bone with Meat
6 Potatoes
2 Large Onions
1 Tablespoonful of Salt

Wash the meat, put into a kettle, cover with cold water and boil four
hours. Add the salt, and more water, as it boils away. Pare the onions,
wash and slice thin; put them in with the boiling meat, allowing two
hours for cooking. Pare potatoes, wash, slice thin; put them in with
the meat and onions, allowing three-quarters of an hour for cooking.



=Dumplings=