Making Tough Beef Tender (like skirt steak)

Making Tough Beef Tender (like skirt steak)
From the 1886 Daily Bee, Sacramento, California

Lay meat out smoothly and wipe it dry.

Take a coffee cup full of fine breadcrumbs, a little salt and pepper, a little powdered thyme or other sweet herb, and just enough milk to moisten to a stiff dressing. Mix well and spread over the meat. Roll it up and tie it up with twine.

Brown in salt pork fat, then put in half a pint of water. Cover and cook.

The toughest meat is made tender when cooked in this way.