Elephant Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large elephant
brown gravy
salt and pepper to taste
25 bushels mushrooms (fresh)
6 1/2 bushels American onions, cut in squares
17 bushels celery, diced
2 rabbits (optional)
7 1/2 gal. whale oil

Preparation

Cut elephant into bite size pieces.
This should take about 2 months.
Add brown gravy and simmer.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Heat whale oil to brown mushrooms, celery and onions.
Mix all ingredients and cook over kerosene fire for 4 weeks at 465\u00b0. Yield:
3,800 or more servings.
If more guests are expected, 2 rabbits may be added, but do this only if necessary, as most people do not like to find hare in their stew.