Chicken Pie

Ingredients

• two full-grown chickens
• a few slices of salt pork
• water enough to cover them
• a little onion cut very fine
• pepper
• salt
• a few ounces of good, fresh butter
• two eggs
• some sweet cream
• a crust made like soda biscuit, only more shortening

Method

1. 1

   Disjoint the chickens and cut the backbone into small pieces.

2. 2

   Boil with salt pork until tender.

3. 3

   Remove the breast bone, add finely chopped onion, parsley, pepper, salt, and butter.

4. 4

   Ensure there's enough liquid to cover the chicken.

5. 5

   Beat eggs and stir in sweet cream.

6. 6

   Line a pie dish with crust, add chicken and liquid, cover with another crust, and bake until done.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Ransom's family receipt book, 1886 (1886) by D. Ransom, Son & Co, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two full-grown chickens, disjoint them, and cut the backbone, etc., as small as convenient. Boil them with a few slices of salt pork in water enough to cover them, let them boil quite tender, then take out the breast bone. After they boil, and the scum is taken off, put in a little onion cut very fine, not enough to taste distinctly, but just enough to flavor a little ; rub some parsley very fine when dry, or cut fine when green; this gives a pleasant flavor. Season well with pepper and salt, and a few ounces of good, fresh butter. When all is cooked well, have liquid enough to cover the chicken, then beat two eggs and stir in some sweet cream. ■ Line a pi-i. with a crust made like soda biscuit, only more shortening, put in the chicken and liquid, then cover with a crust the same as the lining. Bake till the crust is done, and you will have a good chicken pie. IFA1 OMELETTE, - Remains of boiled or fried ham — cold, M-&. minced fine, and seasoned, two or three eggs, one cup of milk, flour to make a good batter — :about four tablespoonfuls, two tablespoonfuls of butter, chopped parsley, pepper and salt

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