Perchero
Place five pounds of beef in a large pot half filled with water. Boil
for three hours, having seasoned well with salt and pepper. Then add a
large piece of pumpkin cut in pieces, a pint of string beans, a cup
of corn, a large onion sliced, a carrot and a turnip diced, and a bell
pepper minced. Simmer for half an hour. Then add half a cup of rice
and one teaspoonful of saffron. Cook for half an hour longer. In
another saucepan boil a cabbage, and in a third pan stew some peeled
apples and bananas cut up. Put the meat in the center of a platter and
place the mixed fruits and vegetables around it.