The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

620. INGREDIENTS.--A few slices of tolerably lean cold roast or boiled

beef, 3 oz. of butter, 2 onions, 1 wineglassful of beer, 1 dessertspoonful of curry powder. _Mode_.--Cut up the beef into pieces about 1 inch square, put the butter into a stewpan with the onions sliced, and fry them of a lightly-brown colour. Add all the other ingredients, and stir gently over a brisk fire for about 10 minutes. Should this be thought too dry, more beer, or a spoonful or two of gravy or water, may be added; but a good curry should not be very thin. Place it in a deep dish, with an edging of dry boiled rice, in the same manner as for other curries. _Time_.--10 minutes. _Average cost_, exclusive of the meat, 4d. _Seasonable_ in winter. TO CLARIFY BEEF DRIPPING. I.