Recipe - Creamed Dried Beef

One fourth pound Dried beef
One fourth cup Butter or margarine
3 tablespoon Flour
2 cup Milk; or
1 cup Evaporated milk plus
1 cup Water
1 teaspoon A1 Sauce; (optional)

Tear dried beef into medium pieces; then prepare by pouring boiling water
over beef; let stand one minute; then drain or use beef right from package
or jar if you prefer a full flavor.

In doubleboiler top over direct heat, melt butter. Add dried beef; cook
until edges curl. Stir in flour. Place over boiling water. Add milk slowly,
stirring. Cook, stirring, until smooth and thickened. Add meat sauce. Serve
on toast, small baked potatoes, waffles, fluffy white rice, or split hot
baking powder biscuits. Or serve over baked or broiled tomatoes, or over
hot whole hardcooked eggs on toast.

TO VARY: If desired, simmer One fourth cup minced onion and 2 tb. minced green
pepper in butter. Or add 1 chopped, hardcooked egg to sauce.

WITH MUSHROOMS: Add One fourth lb. sauteed, cut or sliced up fresh mushrooms to sauce.

CURRIED: add One fourth to One half tsp. curry powder to sauce.

Source: Good Housekeeping Cookbook, @1959

Posted to TNT Recipes Digest, Vol 01, Nr 964 by "Jenny S. Johanssen"
johanssen@matnet.com on Jan 25, 1998