China Chilo

Ingredients

• 1 pound loin or leg of mutton, minced
• 2 whole young lettuces, shred small
• 1 pint young peas
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper
• 4 tablespoon water
• 2 ounce good butter
• green onions, minced
• 1 half-grown cucumbers, cut small
• 0.25 pint mushrooms, minced
• 1 dessertspoon currie-powder
• 1 whole large onion, chopped
• boiled rice

Instructions

1. Mince the mutton with or without a portion of its fat.
2. Mix the minced mutton with the shred lettuces, young peas, salt, pepper, water, and butter.
3. If desired, add a few minced green onions to the mixture.
4. Keep the whole well stirred with a fork over a clear and gentle fire until it is quite hot.
5. Place the mixture closely covered by the side of the stove, or on a high trivet.
6. Allow it to stew as softly as possible for a couple of hours.
7. If using the cucumber variety, cut one or two half-grown cucumbers small by scoring the ends deeply as they are sliced, and add to the stew.
8. If using the mushroom variety, add a quarter pint of minced mushrooms instead.
9. If using the currie variant, add a dessertspoonful of currie-powder and a large chopped onion to the mixture.
10. Send to table with a dish of boiled rice.