The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

667. INGREDIENTS.--3 roots of celery, 1 pint of gravy, No. 436, 2 onions

sliced, 2 lbs. of cold roast or boiled beef. _Mode_.--Cut the celery into 2-inch pieces, put them in a stew-pan, with the gravy and onions, simmer gently until the celery is tender, when add the beef cut into rather thick pieces; stew gently for 10 minutes, and serve with fried potatoes. _Time_.--From 20 to 25 minutes to stew the celery. _Average cost_, exclusive of the meat, 6d. _Seasonable_ from September to January. STEWED BEEF WITH OYSTERS (Cold Meat Cookery).