From The Virginia House-Wife by Mary Randolph

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Got cold, left over beef? Some Scallop Shells just lyin' around?

This Cookbook was published in about 1828. My copy, a modern reprint, is a combination of two Cookbooks and purports to be the first "American" cookbooks.

Seriously, Great Great Grandma had it pretty rough compared to you and I!

A NICE LITTLE DISH OF BEEF

Mince cold roast beef, fat and lean, very fine, add chopped onion, pepper, salt and a little good gravy, fill scallop shells, two parts full, and fill them up with potatoes mashed smooth with cream, put a bit of butter on the top, and set them in an oven to brown.