Name: Beep Tea for Invalids
Ingredients: 1 pound of beef, lean and trimmed of fat; 1 pint of cold water

Beep Tea for Invalids

Ingredients

1 pound of beef, lean and trimmed of fat
1 pint of cold water

Directions

Prepare

Cut the lean beef into small pieces.

Steep and cook

Pour 1 pint of cold water over the beef and let it stand for 4 to 8 hours.
Place the mixture over a brisk fire and bring to a boil for 20 minutes.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Beef: Provides the main flavor and the savory, meaty character of the tea.
Cold water: Draws out the beef's soluble flavors and juices during soaking, then forms the liquid tea.

“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.