Beef Steak Pie.

Take some fine beef steaks, beat them well with a rolling pin, and
season them with pepper and salt according to taste. Make a good crust;
lay some in a deep dish or tin pan; lay in the beef, and fill the dish
half full of water; put in a table-spoonful of butter and some chopped
thyme and parsley, and cover the top with crust; bake it from one to two
hours, according to the size of the pie, and eat it while hot.