370. Goose (to truss)

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Instructions (8)
  1. Having well picked the goose, cut the feet off at the joint, and the pinion at the first joint.
  2. Cut off the neck close to the back, leaving all the skin you can.
  3. Pull out the throat, and tie a knot at the end.
  4. Put your middle finger in at the breast, loosen the liver, &c., cut it close to the rump, and draw out all the inside except the soal.
  5. Wipe it well, and beat the breast bone flat.
  6. Put a skewer in the wings, and draw the legs close up, running a skewer through the middle of both legs and body.
  7. Draw the small of the leg close down to the side bone, and run a skewer through.
  8. Make a hole in the skin large enough to admit the trail, which when stuffed place through it, as it holds the stuffing better.
Original Text
370. Goose (to truss).—Having well picked the goose, cut the feet off at the joint, and the pinion at the first joint; cut off the neck close to the back, leaving all the skin you can; pull out the throat, and tie a knot at the end; put your middle finger in at the breast, loosen the liver, &c., cut it close to the rump, and draw out all the inside except the soal,[6] wipe it well, and beat the breast bone flat; put a skewer in the wings, and draw the legs close up, running a skewer through the middle of both legs and body; draw the small of the leg close down to the side bone, and run a skewer through; make a hole in the skin large enough to admit the trail, which when stuffed place through it, as it holds the stuffing better.
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