Baked Terrapin

Ingredients

• Cut off the head of a terrapin
• a few crackers
• chopped onions
• a small quantity each of allspice
• black pepper
• chopped parsley
• butter
• pour over a small quantity of wine
• a few slices of lemon

Method

1. 1

   Cut off the head of a terrapin, put it in a saucepan or pot with the shell on, and let it boil until the under shell can be removed easily.

2. 2

   Take it out, pull out all the meat, cleaning the upper shell thoroughly; pick the meat to pieces, and mix it up with crackers and chopped onions, allspice, black pepper, chopped parsley, and butter.

3. 3

   Pour over a small quantity of wine.

4. 4

   Put this mixture into the top shell, place lemon slices on top, set it in the oven and bake.

5. 5

   When done, take it out and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baked Terrapin. Cut off the head of a terrapin, put it in a saucepan or pot with the shell on, and let it boil until the under shell can be removed easily. Take it out, pull out all the 122 SHELL-FISH. meat, cleaning the upper shell thoroughly ; pick the meat to pieces, and mix it up with a few crackers and chopped onions, a small quantity each of allspice, black pepper, chopped parsley and butter, and pour over a small quantity of wine. Put this mixture into the top shell, place a few slices of lemon

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