The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

613. INGREDIENTS.--2 dozen oysters, 3 cloves, 1 blade of mace, 2 oz. of

butter, 1/2 teaspoonful of flour, cayenne and salt to taste, mashed potatoes, a few slices of cold roast beef. _Mode_.--Put the oysters in a stewpan, with their liquor strained; add the cloves, mace, butter, flour, and seasoning, and let them simmer gently for 5 minutes. Have ready in the centre of a dish round walls of mashed potatoes, browned; into the middle pour the oyster sauce, quite hot, and round the potatoes place, in layers, slices of the beef, which should be previously broiled over a nice clear fire. _Time_.--5 minutes. _Average cost_, 1s, 6d., exclusive of the cold meat. _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons. _Seasonable_ from September to April. BROILED BEEF-BONES.