The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

756. INGREDIENTS.--Shoulder of lamb, forcemeat No. 417, trimmings of

veal or beef, 2 onions, 1/2 head of celery, 1 faggot of savoury herbs, a few slices of fat bacon, 1 quart of stock No. 105. _Mode_.--Take the blade-bone out of a shoulder of lamb, fill up its place with forcemeat, and sew it up with coarse thread. Put it into a stewpan with a few slices of bacon under and over the lamb, and add the remaining ingredients. Stew very gently for rather more than 2 hours. Reduce the gravy, with which glaze the meat, and serve with peas, stewed cucumbers, or sorrel sauce. _Time_.--Rather more than 2 hours. _Average cost_, 10d. to 1s. per lb. _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons. _Seasonable_ from Easter to Michaelmas. LAMB'S SWEETBREADS, LARDED, AND ASPARAGUS (an Entree).