To dress a Mock Turtle

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (9)
Turtle Base
Stuffing and Garnish
Instructions (13)
  1. Take the largest calf's head you can get, with the skin on.
  2. Put it in scalding water till you find the hair will come off.
  3. Clean it well, and wash it in warm water.
  4. Boil it three quarters of an hour.
  5. Take it out of the water and slit it down the face.
  6. Cut off all the meat along with the skin as clean from the bone as you can.
  7. Be careful you do not break the ears off.
  8. Lay it on a flat dish, and stuff the ears with forcemeat, and tie them round with cloths.
  9. Take the eyes out, and pick all the rest of the meat clean from the bones.
  10. Put it in a tossing pan, with the nicest and fattest part of another calf's head, without the skin on, boiled as long as the above, and three quarts of veal gravy.
  11. Lay the skin in the pan on the meat; with the flesh side up.
  12. Cover the pan close, and let it stew over a moderate fire one hour.
  13. Then put in three sweetbreads fried a light brown, one ounce of morels, the same of truffles, five artichoke bottoms boiled, one anchovy boned and chopped small.
Original Text
To dress a MOCK Turtle. TAKE the largest calf's head you can get, with the skin on, put it in scalding water till you find the hair will come off, clean it well, and wash it in warm water, and boil it three quarters of an hour, then take it out of the water and slit it down the face, cut off all the meat along with the skin as clean from the bone as you can, and be careful you do not break the ears off, lay it on a flat dish, and stuff the ears with forcemeat, and tie them round with cloths, take the eyes out, and pick all the rest of the meat clean from the bones, put it in a tossing pan, with the nicest and fattest part of another calf's head, without the skin on, boiled as long as the above, and three quarts of veal gravy, lay the skin in the pan on the meat; with the flesh side up, cover the pan close, and let it stew over a moderate fire one hour, then put in three sweetbreads fried a light brown, one ounce of morels, the same of truffles, five artichoke bot- toms boiled, one anchovy boned and chopped small,
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