To roast a Turkey

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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To roast a Turkey. WHEN you have dressed your turkey as before, truss its head down to the legs, then make your forcemeat, take the crumbs of a penny loaf, a quarter of a pound of beef suet shred fine, a little sausage meat, or veal scraped and pounded exceeding fine, nutmeg, pepper, and salt to your palate, mix it up lightly with three eggs, stuff the craw with it, spit it, and lay it down a good distance from the fire, keep it clear and brisk, singe, dust, and baste it several times with cold butter, it makes the froth stronger than basting it with the hot out of the dripping-pan, and makes the turkey rise better: when it is enough, froth it up as before, dish it up, pour on your dish the same gravy as for the boiled turkey, only put in browning instead of cream: garnish with lemon and pickles, and serve it up; if it be a middle size, it will re- quire one hour and a quarter roasting.
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