The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

735. INGREDIENTS.--About 2 lbs. of the chump end of the loin of mutton,

weighed after being boned; pepper and salt to taste, suet crust made with milk (see Pastry), in the proportion of 6 oz. of suet to each pound of flour; a very small quantity of minced onion (this may be omitted when the flavour is not liked). _Mode_.--Cut the meat into rather thin slices, and season them with pepper and salt; line the pudding-dish with crust; lay in the meat, and nearly, but do not quite, fill it up with water; when the flavour is liked, add a small quantity of minced onion; cover with crust, and proceed in the same manner as directed in recipe No. 605, using the same kind of pudding-dish as there mentioned. _Time_.--About 3 hours. _Average cost_, 1s. 9d. _Sufficient_ for 6 persons. _Seasonable_ all the year, but more suitable in winter. RAGOUT OF COLD NECK OF MUTTON (Cold Meat Cookery).