To pull a Chicken for the Sick

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Yield
0.5 small chicken
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (7)
chicken
broth
sauce
Instructions (8)
  1. Take as much cold chicken as you think proper.
  2. Take off the skin, and pull the meat into little bits as thick as a quill.
  3. Take the bones, boil them with a little salt till they are good.
  4. Strain the broth.
  5. Take a spoonful of the liquor, a spoonful of milk, a little bit of butter (as big as a large nutmeg rolled in flour), a little chopped parsley (as much as will lie on a six-pence), and a little salt if wanted.
  6. Put all together into the sauce-pan.
  7. Keep shaking it till it is thick.
  8. Pour it into a hot plate.
Original Text
To pull a Chicken for the Sick. YOU muſt take as much cold chicken as you think proper, take off the ſkin, and pull the meat into little bits as thick as a quill; then take the bones, boil them with a little ſalt till they are good, ſtrain it, then take a ſpoonful of the liquor, a ſpoonful of milk, a little bit of butter, as big as a large nutmeg rolled in flour, a little chopped parſley as much as will lie on a fix-pence, and a little ſalt if wanted. This will be enough for half a ſmall chicken. Put all together into the ſauce-pan; then keep ſhaking it till it is thick, and pour it into a hot plate.
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