Pot Grouse, or Moor Game

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806
Source
New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (7)
Seasoning
For covering the birds
Instructions (8)
  1. Pick, singe, and wash them very clean.
  2. Rub them inside and out with a high seasoning of salt, pepper, mace, nutmeg, and allspice.
  3. Lay them in as small a pot as will hold them.
  4. Cover them with butter, and bake them in a slow oven.
  5. When cold, take off the butter.
  6. Move the birds from the gravy, dry, and put them into pots that will just fit one or two; the former, where there are not many.
  7. Melt the former butter with some more, so as to completely cover the birds: but take care not to oil it.
  8. Do not let it be too hot.
Original Text
To pot Grouse, or Moor Game. Pick, singe, and wash them very clean; then rub them inside and out with a high seasoning of salt, pepper, mace, nutmeg, and allspice. Lay them in as small a pot as will hold them: cover them with butter, and bake them in a slow oven. When cold, take off the butter, move the birds from the gravy, dry, and put them into pots that will just fit one or 83two; the former, where there are not many. Melt the former butter with some more, so as to completely cover the birds: but take care not to oil it. Do not let it be too hot.
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