To make an ARTIFICIAL TURTLE.
SCALD a calf's head, cut it in pieces one inch thick, two broad, and four long, parboil a salmon's liver, cut it in ten or twelve pieces, season the whole with beaten mace, salt, and Chyan, put them into a well-lined copper dish, with a pint and a half of gravy made of veal, fix anchovies, a blade of mace, and a sprig of sweet marjoram (your gravy must be very good) a pint of Madeira wine, the juice of four or five lemons strained from the seeds, the yolks of ten or twelve eggs boiled hard, and about three dozen of forcemeat balls, made as the receipt directs; let it stew gently about an hour, always keep it close covered, then stir in a lump of butter the size of an orange, with a tea-spoonful of fine flour rolled in it, and let it stew full two hours longer: if you perceive it wants addition of seasoning, &c. add it to it a few minutes before you serve it up, which must be in a soup