Kidneys cooked this way are not really stewed, but we have to call them so, because of the dazed looks we meet if we used any harder words.

Slice the three or four kindneys that have been taken from the different meats and steep a short time in cold water. Put them in a frying pan with a little butter, dredge with pepper and salt, and simmer slowly over the fire shaking the pan occasionally. There will be a rich gravy in the pan In a few minutes in which the kidneys become well cooked and remain tender, but if not watched the gravy presently coagulates and the kidneys are hard and tasteless. The cooking should take place only a short time before the meal begins. Add a tablespoonful of walnut catsup to the gravy before serving.