Sour Beef And Dumplings - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. or so shine beef or chuck, fat cut out
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp. salt
1 bay leaf
10 crushed gingersnap cookies
5 whole allspice
2 slices cloves
1/2 c. vinegar
5 heaping Tbsp. brown sugar
pepper to taste

Preparation

Boil beef in 5 cups water for 1 1/2 hours or until beef is tender, having added the onion, salt, bay leaf, allspice and cloves.
Cool 2 cups of hot juice.
Add gingersnaps; mix.
Stir in brown sugar.
Simmer 45 minutes or more.