Mama'S Pot Roast

• 4 to 5 lbs sirloin tip roast
• 1 small onion
• 1 lb carrots
• 3 lbs irish potatoes
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp celery salt
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• flour for browning
• water to cover
• 1/2 c coffee-black or 2 Tbsp instant coffee

1. Mix garlic powder (or salt), celery salt, table salt and black pepper.
2. Rub mixture on roast.
3. Sprinkle with flour, brown on all sides in a little oil--be sure meat is a good dark brown. Add water to cover roast in pan and coffee.
4. Bring to boil, turn heat down
5. to slow boil.
6. Add chopped onion.
7. Cook approximately 4 to 5 hours slowly till meat is fork tender.
8. Add vegetables and continue to cook till veggies are done.
9. Remove roast and veggies to platter-slice roast against grain of meat.Make a gravy by mixing flour with a little water, then adding to broth in pan where roast cooked. Any leftover roast and veggies, put into gravy, add a can of tomatoes and mixed vegetables and have a great soup next day.

onion, carrots, irish potatoes, garlic, celery salt, salt, black pepper, flour, water, coffeeblack

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=39681 (may not work)