Sailors' Stew

Ingredients

• 1 pound beef
• 4 cups water
• 1 medium onion
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3 pounds potatoes

Instructions

1. Grind beef. Put it with two cups of cold water into a covered kettle. Mix well and bring to boil, stirring constantly to prevent lumping. Then cover and simmer five minutes. Cut onion fine, add to the boiling meat with the rest of the water, salt and pepper, and simmer one hour and a half. Add the potatoes peeled and cut in cubes, the last thirty minutes of the cooking.