Draw only the crop and windpipe, as the turkey is more
easily handled before dressing. Choose a fat hen turkey of
some six or seven pounds weight, and cut off legs up to second
joint, with half the wings and the neck. Now, with a very
sharp knife, make a clean cut down the entire back, and, hold-
ing the knife close to the body, cut away the flesh, first on one
side, and then another, making a clean cut around the pope's
nose. Be careful, in cutting down the breastbone, not to break
through the skin. The entire meat will now be free from the
bones, save the pieces remaining in legs and wings. Cut out
these, and remove all sinews. Spread the turkey skin-side
down on the board. Cut out the breasts, and cut them up in
long, narrow pieces, or as you like. Chop fine a pound and a
half of veal or fresh pork, and a slice of ham also. Season
with one teaspoonful of salt; a saltspoonful each of mace and
pepper; half a saltspoonful of cayenne and the juice of a
lemon. Cut half a pound of cold boiled smoked tongue into
dice. Make layers of this force-meat, putting half of it on
the turkey and then the dice of tongue, with strips of the
breast between, using force-meat for the last layer. Roll up
the turkey in a tight roll, and sew the skin together. Now roll
it firmly in a napkin, tying at the ends and across in two
places to preserve the shape. Cover it with boiling water,
salted as for stock, putting in all the bones and giblets, and
two onions stuck with two cloves each. Boil four hours. Let
it cool in the liquor. Take up in a pan, lay a tin sheet on it,
and press with a heavy weight. Strain the water in which it
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was boiled, and put in a cold place. Next day take off the
napkin and set the turkey in the oven a moment to melt off any
fat. It can be sliced and eaten in this way, but makes a hand-
somer dish served as follows:
Remove the fat from the stock, and heat three pints of it
to boiling-point, adding two-thirds of a package of gelatine
which has been soaked in a little cold water. Strain a cupful
of this into some pretty mold — an ear of ■ corn is a good shape
— and the remainder in two pans or deep plates, coloring each
with caramel — a teaspoonful in one, and two in the other.
Lay the turkey on a small platter turned face down in a larger
one, and, when the jelly is cold and firm, put the molded
form on top of it. Now cut part of the jelly into rounds with
a pepper-box top, or a small star-cutter, and arrange r.round
the mold, chopping the rest and piling about the edge, so
that the inner platter or stand is completely concealed. The
outer row of jelly can have been colored red by cutting up,
and boiling in the stock for it, half of a red beet✪ Boned Turkey. Sprigs of
parsley or delicate celery-tops may be used as garnish, and it
is a very elegant-looking as well as savory dish. The legs and
wings can be left on and trussed outside, if liked, making it as
much as possible in the original shape; but it is no better, and
much more trouble.
Jellied Chicken. — Tenderness is no object here, the most
ancient dweller in the barnyard answering equally well, and
even better than " broilers." ✪ Jellied Chicken
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Draw only the crop and windpipe, as the turkey is more easily handled before dressing. Choose a fat hen turkey of some six or seven pounds weight, and cut off legs up to second joint, with half the wings and the neck. Now, with a very sharp knife, make a clean cut down the entire back, and, holding the knife close to the body, cut away the flesh, first on one side, and then another, making a clean cut around the pope's nose. Be careful, in cutting down the breastbone, not to break through the skin. The entire meat will now be free from the bones, save the pieces remaining in legs and wings. Cut out these, and remove all sinews. Spread the turkey skin-side down on the board. Cut out the breasts, and cut them up in long, narrow pieces, or as you like. Chop fine a pound and a half of veal or fresh pork, and a slice of ham also. Season with one teaspoonful of salt; a saltspoonful each of mace and pepper; half a saltspoonful of cayenne and the juice of a lemon. Cut half a pound of cold boiled smoked tongue into dice. Make layers of this force-meat, putting half of it on the turkey and then the dice of tongue, with strips of the breast between, using force-meat for the last layer. Roll up the turkey in a tight roll, and sew the skin together. Now roll it firmly in a napkin, tying at the ends and across in two places to preserve the shape. Cover it with boiling water, salted as for stock, putting in all the bones and giblets, and two onions stuck with two cloves each. Boil four hours. Let it cool in the liquor. Take up in a pan, lay a tin sheet on it, and press with a heavy weight. Strain the water in which it
was boiled, and put in a cold place. Next day take off the napkin and set the turkey in the oven a moment to melt off any fat. It can be sliced and eaten in this way, but makes a handsomer dish served as follows:
Remove the fat from the stock, and heat three pints of it to boiling-point, adding two-thirds of a package of gelatine which has been soaked in a little cold water. Strain a cupful of this into some pretty mold — an ear of corn is a good shape — and the remainder in two pans or deep plates, coloring each with caramel — a teaspoonful in one, and two in the other. Lay the turkey on a small platter turned face down in a larger one, and, when the jelly is cold and firm, put the molded form on top of it. Now cut part of the jelly into rounds with a pepper-box top, or a small star-cutter, and arrange r.round the mold, chopping the rest and piling about the edge, so that the inner platter or stand is completely concealed. The outer row of jelly can have been colored red by cutting up, and boiling in the stock for it, half of a red beet. Sprigs of parsley or delicate celery-tops may be used as garnish, and it is a very elegant-looking as well as savory dish. The legs and wings can be left on and trussed outside, if liked, making it as much as possible in the original shape; but it is no better, and much more trouble.
Jellied Chicken. — Tenderness is no object here, the most ancient dweller in the barnyard answering equally well, and even better than " broilers."
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