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1800s Beef Stew Recipe

This beef stew recipe will be familiar to 21st century readers and would be a wonderful Sunday evening affair.

I’m not sure what’s going on with the parsley. What does dipping it in boiling water before chopping it up accomplish?

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Source: Mrs. Crowen’s American Lady’s Cookery Book, 1866.

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