To hodge-podge a HARE

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (10)

the hare in pieces, as you do for ſtewing
two or three onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
ſome ſalt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a little pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
a bunch of ſweet herbs
a piece of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

optional additions

lettuce ↝ Lettuce, raw [Lettuce and lettuce salads]
cucumbers ↝ Cucumber, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Instructions (7)

Cut the hare in pieces, as you do for stewing.
Put the hare into a pitcher with two or three onions, some salt, a little pepper, a bunch of sweet herbs, and a piece of butter.
Stop the pitcher very close, that no steam may get out.
Set the pitcher in a kettle full of boiling water.
Keep the kettle filled up as the water wastes.
Let it stew four or five hours at least.
You may, when you first put the hare into the kettle, put in lettuce, cucumbers, celery, and turnips, if you like it better.

Original Text

To hodge-podge a HARE.
CUT the hare in pieces, as you do for ſtew-
ing, and put it into a pitcher, with two or
three onions, ſome ſalt, and a little pepper, a
bunch of ſweet herbs, and a piece of butter:
ſtop the pitcher very cloſe, that no ſteam may
get out, ſet it in a kettle full of boiling water,
keep the kettle filled up as the water waſtes, let
it ſtew four or five hours at leaſt. You may, when
you firſt put the hare into the kettle, put in
lettuce, cucumbers, celery, and turnips, if you
like it better.

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