To pitch-cock EELS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Instructions (8)
  1. SKIN, gut, and wash your eels;
  2. then dry them with a cloth,
  3. sprinkle them with pepper, salt, and a little dried sage,
  4. turn them backward and forward, and skewer them,
  5. rub your grid-iron with beef suet,
  6. broil them a good brown,
  7. put them on your dish with good melted butter,
  8. and lay round fryed parsley.
Original Text
To pitch-cock EELS. SKIN, gut, and wash your eels; then dry them with a cloth, sprinkle them with pepper, salt, and a little dried sage, turn them backward and forward, and skewer them, rub your grid- iron with beef suet, broil them a good brown, put them on your dish with good melted but- ter, and lay round fryed parsley.
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