Never use a choice steak for a stew. Stewing is only a good way of
cooking an inferior steak. The meat from a soup-bone would make a very
good stew.
Put ripe tomatoes (peeled and cut) into a stew-pan; sprinkle over pepper
and salt. Let them cook a little to make some juice; put in the pieces
of beef, some little pieces of butter mixed with flour, two or three
cloves, and no water. Let it stew until the meat is quite done. Then
press the tomatoes through a sieve. Serve all on the same dish.