beat the meat
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Bone it, take off the thick skin and gristle, and beat the meat with a rolling-pin.
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Next day prepare a stuffing as for hare, beat the meat with a rolling-pin, cover it with the stuffing, roll it up tight and tie it.
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But if the shoulder is to be stewed, take out the bone, and beat the meat with a rolling-pin.
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Take out the bone, beat the meat with a rolling-pin, lay on some slices of mutton fat, sprinkle over it a little pepper and salt, roll it up light and tie it.
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HAM SAUCE—After a ham is nearly all used up pick the small quantity of meat still remaining, from the bone, scrape away the uneatable parts and trim off any rusty bits from the meat, chop the bone very small and beat the meat almost to a paste.
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