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Sue Bass Barnes, the main character in this BryonySeries novel, spent her life cooking in restaurant kitchens.

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Here is a 19th century recipe for hash that you can try at home. This recipe is very similar to the one Sue made.

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Peel six large tomatoes and one onion, and slice them. 

 

Add a spoonful of sugar, salt and pepper, and a bit of butter the size of a hen’s egg, and half a pint of cold water.

 

Shave up the meat into small bits, as thin as thick pasteboard.

 

Dredge flour over it, say two teaspoonfuls, or a little less. Simmer the meat with all the rest for one hour, and then serve it, and it is very fine.

Dried tomatoes can be used.

 

When you have no tomatoes, make a gravy with water, pepper, salt, and butter, or cold gravy: slice an onion in it, add tomato catsup (two or three spoonfuls), and then prepare the meat as above, and simmer it in this gravy one hour.

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