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Coletta Croft's Beef Short Rib Recipe via Aunt Orpha
This recipe is a Croft family (at least my Croft family) favorite. To ensure it lives on and does not get lost, I am posting it here.

Ingredients
3 lbs beef short ribs 1 cup catsup 1 cup water

1 Tbs sugar

4 1/2 tsp horseradish

2 or 3 bay leaves

4 1/2 tsp prepared mustard

1 Tbs vinegar

1/4 tsp salt

1 Tbs Worcestershire

2 medium onions, sliced

few drops tobasco sauce

Two days ahead -
Blend all ingredients and pour over short rib pieces, coating each piece well. Refrigerate overnight.

One day ahead -
Place ribs with mixture in large skillet or 4 quart dutch oven. Simmer, covered 1 1/2 hours or until tender. Cool, then refrigerate.

About 20 or 30 minutes before dinner -
Skim fat from mixture. Reheat to simmering. Then drop parsley dumplings on to bubbling stew. cook covered 15 to 20 minutes. Garnish with snipped parsley, if desired.

Ingredients
2 Cups Flour 4 tsp Baking Powder 1 tsp Salt 1 Tbs Shortning 1/4 Cup Parsley 1 Cup Milk

Instructions
Sift flour into a large bowl. With a pastry blender of 2 knives cut the shortening into the flour until well blended. Stir in the parsley. Add the 1 Cup of milk all at once, stirring quickly to make a soft sticky dough. Drop into the boiling ribs (oer anr stew) by the heaping spoonful.