Yankee Pot Roast - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 or 3 Tbsp. flour
3 or 4 lb. chuck roast
2 Tbsp. fat
1 bay leaf, broken into pieces
2 whole allspice
a little bunch of parsley
2 onions, cut in halves
8 carrots, cut in halves
8 medium potatoes, cut in halves
4 small onions
2 Tbsp. flour (optional)
1/4 c. cold water (optional)

Preparation

Sprinkle salt, pepper, sugar and flour over a 3 or 4 pound chuck roast (with bone out preferred, don't roll).
Brown slowly in fat, adding more as needed.
Brown on all sides; adds flavor.
When brown, add enough boiling water to cover the bottom of the pot. Add bay leaf (broken into pieces), whole allspice, a little bunch of parsley and 2 onions cut in half.
Cover, simmer on low heat about 3 hours.