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Capon, Boiled

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 6

Probable cost, from 2s. 6d. to 4s. Sufficient for four or five persons.

Presented as published in 1892. 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 Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 310. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Capon, Boiled.— Draw and truss a fine capon, and tie a sheet of oiled or buttered paper over it. Lay it in a saucepan, with sufficient water or stock to cover it, and put with it an onion, a carrot, a bimch of sweet herbs, and a little salt

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