The Original Salisbury Steak Recipe

[Sqwertz]

Dr Salisbury was one of the early promoters of a carnivore diet -
to treat certain stomach conditions. Here is the original
Salisbury Steak recipe.

I wonder why he calls it "pulp" if the meat is cut into 1-2"
pieces and how it was expected to form patties and if not pressed
together tightly. It sounds like stew meat rather than patties.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_steak

Dr. Salisbury recommended this recipe (somewhat different from
modern Salisbury steak recipes) for the treatment of alimentation
(digestive disorders):

Eat the muscle pulp of lean beef made into cakes and broiled.
This pulp should be as free as possible from connective or glue
tissue, fat and cartilage...previous to chopping, the fat, bones,
tendons and fasciae should all be cut away, and the lean muscle
cut up in pieces an inch or two square. Steaks cut through the
centre of the round are the richest and best for this purpose.
Beef should be procured from well fatted animals that are from
four to six years old.

The pulp should not be pressed too firmly together before
broiling, or it will taste livery. Simply press it sufficiently to
hold it together. Make the cakes from half an inch to an inch
thick. Broil slowly and moderately well over a fire free from
blaze and smoke. When cooked, put it on a hot plate and season to
taste with butter, pepper, salt; also use either Worcestershire or
Halford sauce, mustard, horseradish or lemon juice on the meat if
desired. Celery may be moderately used as a relish.[5]

-sw