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Raw Meat Juice

A drink made by steeping minced meat in cold water for several hours and straining the liquid.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Raw Meat Juice

Raw Meat Juice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the meat into very small pieces, as fine as minced meat.

  2. Place the minced meat in a tumbler and cover it with cold water.

Steep and serve

  1. Stir frequently with an egg beater for 3 to 4 hours.

  2. Strain through a coarse sieve and drink the liquid cold, about ⅓ to ⅔ cup three times a day.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Best gravy meat or rump steak
Provides the soluble proteins and flavour that pass into the cold water as the meat is steeped.

The step that matters

Cutting the meat very finely. Small pieces expose more surface area, so more juice and flavour can leave the muscle fibres and reach the cold water during steeping.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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