An Excellent Method of Dressing Beef
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- 1 rib roasting piece of beef
- salt
- twine
- scraped horse-radish
Instructions
- Take a rib roasting piece that has been hanging ten days or a fortnight.
- Bone it neatly, rub some salt over it, and roll it tight, binding it around with twine.
- Put the spit through the inner fold without sticking it in the flesh, skewer it well, and roast it nicely.
- When nearly done, dredge and froth it.
- Garnish with scraped horse-radish.