The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

717. INGREDIENTS.--Breast or scrag of mutton, flour, pepper and salt to

taste, 1 large onion, 3 cloves, a bunch of savoury herbs, 1 blade of mace, carrots and turnips, sugar. _Mode_.--Cut the mutton into square pieces, and fry them a nice colour; then dredge over them a little flour and a seasoning of pepper and salt. Put all into a stewpan, and moisten with boiling water, adding the onion, stuck with 3 cloves, the mace, and herbs. Simmer gently till the meat is nearly done, skim off all the fat, and then add the carrots and turnips, which should previously be cut in dice and fried in a little sugar to colour them. Let the whole simmer again for 10 minutes; take out the onion and bunch of herbs, and serve. _Time_.--About 3 hours to simmer. _Average cost_, 6d. per lb. _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time. HARICOT MUTTON (Cold Meat Cookery).