The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
January 1st : STEWED BEEF STEAK
Peel and chop two Spanish onions, cut into small parts four pickled walnuts, and put them at the bottom of a stew-pan; add a tea-cupful of mushroom catchup, two tea-spoonfuls of walnut ditto, one of shalot, and one of Chile vinegar.
See that the rump-steak be cut of a proper thickness, about three quarters of an inch, and beat it flat with a rolling-pin, place the meat on the top of the onions, & c., let it stew for one hour and a half, turning it every twenty minutes. Ten minutes before serving up, throw in a dozen oysters, with their liquor strained through a fine sieve.