To stwe a Leg of befe take a good leg of befe & break the bone [s] where the sinews are but not the marow bone the n put it in to pot with a good deale of water when it boiles scum cleane the n [put] coufer it close & let it stwe for 2 houers the n put in som peper & salt & & spice & [ the ] the botom of 2 peney loves [&] & so let it stwe tel the befe be very tender & fore you take it pu put in earbes you like that ye may be stwed in so put tosted bred in the dish with the meate & put [y] broath enouf for to coufer page break 73. To stewe a Rump of Befe take the rump when tis a litell salted & hafe boile it the n take it up & lay it in a dish to save the gravey the n [t] with a knife stap it in searuall places & put in to euery hole some spice & the earbes you like shred smal & rol [d] ed in buter so put a pite in to euer place & put in to the pot or dish the n bake it in & power ouer it a pint of clarit wine & a quart of good broath & a litel vinger spread over the befe the yolkes of 3 or 4 egges beaten so put it in to [y] a hot oven twel need to stand in above 2 houers & when tis baked put tosted bread in with it in the dish that you sarue it in you may put in som o [y] nion when tis steweing
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To stwe a Leg of befe take a good leg of befe & break the bone [s] where the sinews are but not the marow bone the n put it in to pot with a good deale of water when it boiles scum cleane the n [put] coufer it close & let it stwe for 2 houers the n put in som peper & salt & & spice & [ the ] the botom of 2 peney loves [&] & so let it stwe tel the befe be very tender & fore you take it pu put in earbes you like that ye may be stwed in so put tosted bred in the dish with the meate & put [y] broath enouf for to coufer page break 73. To stewe a Rump of Befe take the rump when tis a litell salted & hafe boile it the n take it up & lay it in a dish to save the gravey the n [t] with a knife stap it in searuall places & put in to euery hole some spice & the earbes you like shred smal & rol [d] ed in buter so put a pite in to euer place & put in to the pot or dish the n bake it in & power ouer it a pint of clarit wine & a quart of good broath & a litel vinger spread over the befe the yolkes of 3 or 4 egges beaten so put it in to [y] a hot oven twel need to stand in above 2 houers & when tis baked put tosted bread in with it in the dish that you sarue it in you may put in som o [y] nion when tis steweing
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A book of verses collected by me, R. Dungarvan [manuscript].