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Boiled Turkey

From Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors, 1907

The turkey hen should be boiled in spring, and gobblers roasted in winter.

Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors (1907) by Maude A. Bomberger, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOILED TURKEY (Kingston Hall) Take a hen turkey, preparing it in the usual way, and fill it with the following dress- ing: Two eggs beaten with chopped beef suet, flour enough to make a thick pudding, seasoned with black pepper, salt, and a little butter

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