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together with the eggs. Then add to it and
beat up with it the groats and soaked bread,
&c. Wlien well ini.xed, liave ready sonic
skin-bags, as for sausages, but much larger
(we suppose, of course, that they have been
well cleaned and soaked), put the mixture
into these bags ; but as you do so, add at
regular distances pork fat cut into large
dice. Tie the skins in links only half-filled,
and boil the puddings in a large kettle,
pricking them as they swell, or they will
burst. When boiled, dry them in clean
cloths, and hang them up.
To cook them for eating, scald them for
a few minutes in water, and cook them in a
Dutch oven.
VENISO]Sr.
Haunch of Venison.
Time, three to four hours.
311. Haunch from twenty to twenty-five
pounds.
This joint is trimmed by cutting off part
of the knuckle and sawing off the chine
bone, then tlie flap is folded over, and it is
covered with a paste made of flour and
water. This paste should be about an inch
thick. Tie it up in strong and very thick
paper, and place it in a cradle spit very close
to the fire till the paste is well hardened or
crusted, pouring a few ladlefuls of hot drip-
ping over it occasionally to prevent the
paper from catching fire. Then move it
further from the fire, take care that your
fire is a very good one, clear and strong.
When the venison has roasted for about
four hours take it up, remove the paper and
paste, and run a thin skewer in to see if it
is done enough. If the skewer goes in
easily it is dressed, if not put it down again,
as it depends greatly on the strength of the
fire for so large a joint. When it is dressed,
glaze the top and .salamander it. Put a frill
round the knuckle, and ser\'e very hot with
strong gravy. Red currant jelly in a glass
dish or a tureen. Vegetables: French
beans.
Neck of Venison.
Time, a quarter of an hour for a pound.
312. Cover it with paste and paper as for
/he haunch, fix it on a spit and roast.
To Hash Venison.
Time, one hour and a half.
313. Some cold roast venison ; three ta-
blespoonfuls of port wine ; a little mutton
broth ; half of a shallot ; a pinch of Cay-
enne : one ounce and a half of butter ; a
spoonful of flour ; and salt to taste.
Cut some cold roast venison into nice
slices, and season them lightly with salt ; put
the bones, trimmings, any cold gravy from
the venison, and as much broth as you may
require into a stewpan, and let it simmer
slowly for quite an hour, then strain it off;
stir the butter and flour over the fire until
sufficiently brown to colour the gravy,
taking care it does not burn. Pour the
gravy from the bones, add the port wine,
and let it simmer until it boils. Then draw
the stewpan to the side of the fire, put in
the slices of venison, and when thoroughly
hot serve it up, with red currant jelly in a
glass dish. Garnisli with forcemeat balls
about the size of a marble.
POULTRY.
Eoast Turkey.
In season from December to February.
Time, according to size, from one hour and
fifteen minutes to two hours, or two hours
and a half.
314. Half a pint of forcemeat for veal,
or sausage meat ; a little butter.
To truss the bird : pick the bird carefully,
and singe off the down with a piece of
lighted white paper ; break the leg bones
close to the feet; hang it on a hook, and
draw out the strings from the thigh ; cut the
neck off close to the back, but leave the
crop skin long enough to turn over the
back ; remove the crop, and with the
middle finger loosen the liver and the gut
at the throat end. Cut off the vent, remove
the gut, take a crooked wire and pull
out the gizzard, and the liver will easily
follow. But be very careful not to break
the gall bladder ; if you do it will spoil the
flavour of the bird entirely, by giving it a
bitter taste, which no after efforts of wash-
ing, &c., can remove. Du not break the
gut joining the gizzard either, lest the inside
should become gritty. Wipe the inside
perfectly clean with a wet cloth, then cut
the breast-bone through on each side close
to the back, and draw the legs close to the
crop. Put a cloth on the breast and beat
the breast-bone down with a rolling-pin till
jt lies flat. Scald the feet, peel off the outer
skin, and cut away the claws ; leave the legs
on.
Fill the inside with veal stuffing or sausage
meat {see Forcemeats), and cither sew the
skin of the neck over the back with .a
trussing needle, or fasten it with a very
small skewer. Then run a long skewer
into the pinion and thigh through the body,
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