Recipe#5844

Title: Mock Duck

SOURCE: The Thirties chapter in _A Century of Canadian Home Cooking

      Yield: 4 servings
 
      1    Onion;chopped                     1/4 ts Thyme,dried
    1/2 c  Celery;chopped                           -salt & pepper
    1/2 c  Mushroom;chopped                    1 lb Round steak
      1 tb Butter                              1 tb Vegetable oil
    3/4 c  Dry bread crumbs                  3/4 c  Beef stock
    1/2 ts Savory,dried                   
 
  "Today a nonstick frypan works well, but just as in the 30s, a black cast
  oiron one is great, too. Thicken the gravy with flour if desired. ... With
  the prairie sloughs dried up and little snow in the winter, there were very
  few wild birbs in the worst years of the 30s. Stuffly, thinly pounded
  less-tender cuts of beef made an adequate substitute. Some books called for
  flank steak, other for round steak. Veal birds are similar, Rouladen, a
  German dish, is made with meat spread with mustard and wrapped around dill
  pickle spears. And in many regions of Canada, venison, moose and caribou
  were used in place of beef. In Newfoundland, savory seasons the stuffing
  and salt pork tops the meat rolls.
  
    In a skillet, cook onion, celery and mushrooms in butter until softened.
  Remove from heat; stir in bread crumbs, savory, thyme, salt and pepper to
  taste and just enough water or stock to mositen.
    Pound meat into 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into 4 or 5 serving pieces;
  spread with stuffing almost to edges. Roll up each from widest sides;
  secure with string. In skillet, brown rolls in oil. Add stock; cover and
  simmer for 1 hour, turning and bastingf occasionally, or bake in 325F oven
  for 1 hour. MAKES: 4 or 5 servings